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Final answer:
The correct option is (A) Jake read the sign written in Spanish on the side of the Mexican highway. The correct item with no misplaced modifiers is A) Jake read the sign written in Spanish on the side of the Mexican highway. Here, the modifier 'written in Spanish' clearly refers to 'the sign', thus avoiding any ambiguity.
Explanation:
The item that has no misplaced modifiers is: A) Jake read the sign written in Spanish on the side of the Mexican highway. This sentence clearly communicates that the sign which Jake read was written in Spanish and that it was located on the side of the Mexican highway. There is no ambiguity about what is being modified; the phrase 'written in Spanish' precisely describes 'the sign'.
Misplaced modifiers can lead to confusion because they may appear to modify the wrong word or phrase in a sentence. In item B), 'written in Spanish' incorrectly seems to modify 'the Mexican highway' rather than 'the sign', causing ambiguity. Likewise, in C), the conjunction 'and' makes the sentence structure more complex without improving clarity.
It is important to place modifiers as close as possible to the words they are intended to modify to ensure the meaning of the sentence is clear and precise.
