Read the following sentence with a misplaced modifier: Sparkling in the midday sun, the birds splashed and preened in the water.
Which revision places the modifier correctly?

Sparkling in the midday sun, the water birds splashed and preened.

Water, sparkling in the midday sun, the birds splashed and preened in it.

The birds, sparkling in the midday sun, splashed and preened in the water.

The birds splashed and preened in the water sparkling in the midday sun.

The birds splashed and preened in the water sparkling in the midday sun.

it means that people are present over there who cares for us who loves us and we are never alone there is always a supporting hands behind us so never lose your hope and confidently move ahead to get success in your life.if you make mistakes there are people to make it correct

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”