Planning for the soccer tournament, time was short.

Living in Mexico, learning Spanish was easy.

Rewrite the following the sentences to correct the dangling modifiers:

Driving to the veterinarian’s office, the dog whined nervously.

With sky-rocketing crime rates, I moved to a quiet village.

Piled up next to the bookshelf, I chose a romance novel.

Chewing furiously, the gum fell out of my mouth.

Write two sentences that incorporate 'imagery' (all of your senses) to describe a place that you like to visit.

Read the excerpt from the land. of my brothers, i was closest with robert. i suppose, in part, being the same year's children made us close, but there were other things too. we had been together practically since birth, and we always took care of each other. when i got into trouble, robert was there to pull me out of it if he could, or at least to see me through it, and i did the same for him. the passage provides evidence of why paul and robert have physical conflicts. paul and robert avoid social conflicts. paul is the least influenced by robert. paul is motivated to ask robert for .

The institute of international research is holding its annual convention. this year more than 500 scholars have been invited to hear research reports on many timely topics. approximately 250 big name scientists will be winging their way to washington, d.c. how can the underlined sentence be revised so that it fits the tone of the passage? a) approximately 250 people will be in washington, d.c. b) approximately 250 bigwigs will be flying to washington, d.c. c) approximately 250 science people will be going to washington, d.c. d) approximately 250 well-known scientists will be arriving in washington, d.c.