Take another look at the sentence:

Leaking in a wasteful manner, we called a repairman to fix the kitchen faucet.

Leaking in a wasteful manner, a participle phrase, comes right before we, an illogical target. The faucet, not we people, should require the repair! Before you continue, review the rules for misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Go back to the sentence to try again.

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