Avoiding Awkward Constructions: A dangling modifier occurs when the noun that a phrase or clause is supposed to describe is not stated directly. Thus, the phrase or clause "dangles" without anything to clearly modify. Revise the sentence below so that the noun being described is directly stated.

1. Driving past the junkyard, a foul odor was present. (Who was driving? It isn't stated. You will have to add a subject.)