Founded in 5000 BC, its purpose was to accomplish some goals. Discovered in 1900, products containing the element include various chemical compounds. Born to a carpenter, his first novel was published in book form. Honored by the Romans, temples to this god were built. And of course, "walking across the campus, the statue was seen by students." For ten points, the above examples all illustrate what grammatical error occurring repeatedly in quiz bowl questions, a condition where a certain modifying verb phrase is incorrectly applied to an absent or distant noun, rather 
Founded in 5000 BC, its purpose was to accomplish some goals. Discovered in 1900, products containing the element include various chemical compounds. Born to a carpenter, his first novel was published in book form. Honored by the Romans, temples to this god were built. And of course, "walking across the campus, the statue was seen by students." For ten points, the above examples all illustrate what grammatical error occurring repeatedly in quiz bowl questions, a condition where a certain modifying verb phrase is incorrectly applied to an absent or distant noun, rather than the subject of the sentence's main clause that directly follows?
Founded in 5000 BC, its purpose was to accomplish some goals.
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