medium · Act english
Identify the error in the following sentence: [Having completed the most rigorous phase of the study, the data were finally ready for statistical analysis.]
- The sentence is a comma splice because it joins two independent clauses incorrectly.
- The sentence uses the plural verb 'were' incorrectly for the collective noun 'data'.
- The sentence lacks a necessary comma after 'finally' to set off the adverbial phrase.
- The sentence contains a dangling modifier because 'the data' did not complete the study.
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