Find out the correct sentence from the following options.
2022
Find out the correct sentence from the following options.
- A.
Wanted a lady flying to England a piano.
- B.
Wanted for a lady a piano flying to England.
- C.
Wanted a piano for a lady flying to England.
- D.
A piano flying to England is wanted by a lady.
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Correct answer: C
In English, a descriptive or participial phrase (such as “flying to England”) must sit immediately next to the noun it describes; moving it away from that noun creates a misplaced modifier that either changes the meaning or breaks the sentence’s logic. A correctly built sentence keeps the natural order — verb, object, purpose phrase, and then the modifying phrase — in one unbroken reading.
Applying this to the given word groups — “Wanted”, “a piano”, “for a lady”, and “flying to England” — the pieces must be assembled so each phrase sits next to the word it explains:
“Wanted” opens the sentence in the standard classified-ad style (verb first, no explicit subject).
“a piano” follows immediately as the object — the item being sought.
“for a lady” comes right after “a piano” to show its purpose — who the piano is wanted for.
“flying to England” is placed directly after “a lady” so the travelling action attaches to her, not to the piano.
Assembled in that order, the sentence reads: “Wanted a piano for a lady flying to England.” — a piano is wanted for a lady who is flying to England, with every phrase modifying the word right beside it.
Reading it back confirms both grammar and logic hold together with no ambiguity about who is travelling or what is being sought. Rearranging the same pieces so “flying to England” sits beside “a piano” instead — as in “Wanted for a lady a piano flying to England” or “A piano flying to England is wanted by a lady” — wrongly attaches the travel to the piano itself; and dropping “a piano” to the very end after “a lady flying to England” (“Wanted a lady flying to England a piano”) leaves the sentence without a clear object at all.