Take another look at the sentence:

Bouncing on the bed, the lamp was broken by Eric.

Bouncing on the bed, a participle phrase, comes right before lamp, an illogical target. Eric, not the lamp, was doing the inappropriate indoor jumping! Before you continue, review the rules for misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Go back to the sentence to try again.

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