A dangling participle is: A. a clause in which the subject is omitted
B. a modifier that interrupts the flow of the sentence.
C. a participial phrase that precedes a main clause but doesn't clearly connect with a subject.
D. a modifier that doesn't clearly refer to any word in the sentence.

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.