For each of the following questions, a part or the whole of the original sentence has been underlined. You have to find the best way of writing the underlined part of the sentence.
Solution
Here, we observe that only Option C corrects the dangling modifier in the original sentence. The original sentence implies that the tonsils were completing the physical examination, which is illogical. Option C clarifies that the physical examination was completed by someone (perhaps a doctor), and then the tonsils were found to be diseased; this makes the sentence grammatically correct and logically clear. Option B also suffers the same issue as the original sentence (the structure in Option A): it suggests that the tonsils completed the physical exam. On the other hand, Option D has an awkward and unclear structure - the subordinate clause has an incorrect verb form.
Hence, Option C is the correct choice.
