2014-10-01 09:00:21

Full of far too many swimmers, Li decided to leave the pool and instead go for a long run for her daily exercise.

(A) Full of far too many swimmers,
(B) Finding it full of far too many swimmers,
(C) The pool was full of far too many swimmers,
(D) Since it was full of far too many swimmers, this is why
(E) Because the pool was full of far too many swimmers, so

The correct answer is B
Explanation: As the sentence is written, it contains a modifier error. The phrase "full of too far too many swimmers" is an introductory modifier and, as such, needs to be followed by its subject, the thing that is "full of far too many swimmers." As constructed, the sentence implies that Li herself was full of swimmers. Choice B corrects this error by reconstructing the modifier so that it could correctly describe Li as a person who found the pool too full of swimmers.