Take another look at the sentence:

Sipping the glass of iced tea, the liquid soothed Marilyn's parched throat.

Sipping the glass of iced tea, a participle phrase, comes right before liquid, an illogical target. People, not liquid, have mouths that can drink! Before you continue, review the rules for misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Go back to the sentence to try again.

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