)having just been hit by a car, i rushed over to see if gunther was still breathing. this sentence may contain a misplaced modifier. if so, choose the correct revision; if not, choose 'correct as is'. a) i rushed over to see if gunther, having just been hit by a car, was still breathing. b) having just been hit by a car, if gunther was still breathing i rushed over to see. c) i, having just been hit by a car, ran over to see if gunther was still breathing. d) correct as is

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."