Take another look at the sentence:

Knocking the baseball into the stands, the homerun was cheered by the fans.

Knocking the baseball into the stands, a participle phrase, comes right before homerun, an illogical target. The player, not the play itself, did the scoring! Before you continue, review the rules for misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Go back to the sentence to try again.

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