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What's wrong with this sentence?

I won't say where this one came from, except to mention that it was in the body of a post here on the Fix. I've been sending it out to my GMAT students, who find it delicious.

Like other growing cities, Albuquerque's regional suburban development is ubiquitous.

My own grammar on this site is often crappy, so it's not like I hold the grammatical high ground here.

Eric and Mikaela R-W, no fair saying what's wrong with it (since I know you know).

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Permalink Reply by ayax on May 12, 2008 at 6:17pm: As is the case in other growing cities, (...) (or something similar)?
Maybe?

I know what's wrong here...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by sophie on May 12, 2008 at 6:27pm: nope; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ayax on May 13, 2008 at 6:01pm: Well, did anybody get it right?
Say... Ms. Harvey?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kelly on May 12, 2008 at 6:30pm: The problem is the dangling modifer "Like other growing cities." This phrase doesn't refer to anything in the rest of the sentence, or rather, it improperly modifies the entire phrase "ABQ's regional suburban development" instead of just ABQ.

To properly construct this sentence, say:

Like other growing cities, Albuquerque has ubiquitous regional suburban development.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rudolfo Carrillo on May 12, 2008 at 6:42pm: interesting that we replied with the correct answer at almost the same time...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rudolfo Carrillo on May 12, 2008 at 6:31pm: regional suburban development is not a growing city.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kitson Harvey on May 12, 2008 at 6:46pm: Oooh -- I think so, since I could say something about the dust being ubiquitous to my house, no? Er, I mean the "enchantment".

dictionary.com: existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

Must now go vacuum. Try not to miss me.; ▶ Reply to This