Some of the following sentences contain misplaced or dangling modifier errors. Correct them by moving, adding, changing or removing words. Label correct sentences OK.

• Jenny stepped on a large snake weeding in her garden.

• We want only to watch cartoons on television.

• The fish, exhausted and injured, struggled to free itself from the hook.

• Tangled and dirty, my mother spent two hours styling my hair.

• Running was difficult after tripping and falling on the jogging path.


• Weeding in her garden, Jenny stepped on a large snake.
• We want to watch only cartoons on our television.
• OK
• My mother spent hours styling my tangled and dirty hair.
• Running was difficult after I tripped and fell on the jogging path.

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