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Title: Misplaced Modifiers A modifier should be placed next to the word it describes.


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Misplaced ModifiersA modifier should be placed
next to the word it describes.
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  • Sentence A means that the shopper did not buy any
    ties.

Sentence B means that the shopper visited only
the tie department.
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Sentences with misplaced modifiers often sound
awkward, confusing, or downright illogical.
Some frequently misplaced single words are
almost even  exactly    hardly just merely
nearly only   scarcely   simply
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Misplaced single word
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Misplaced phrase
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  • Misplaced clause

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Squinting modifiers
  • A squinting modifier is a modifier misplaced so
    that it may describe two situations

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  •   Does it mean that I told my son when the game
    was over
  •     
  •            

      OR
   Does it mean that I would play with him when
the game was over?
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Awkward separations
An awkward separation creates a confusing meaning.
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  • As written, this sentence separates the auxiliary
    verb from the main verb, creating an awkward gap.

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Looking toward the west, a funnel shaped cloud
stirred up dust.
Walking to the movie, the cloudburst drenched Jim
When nine years old, my mother enrolled in
medical school
Having been fixed the night before, Priscilla
could use the car.
Seeing a snake, I ran away.
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Looking toward the west, a funnel shaped cloud
stirred up dust.
Dangling modifier
  • Looking toward the west, I saw a funnel shaped
    cloud stirred up dust.

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Walking to the movie, the cloudburst drenched Jim
Walking to the movie, Jim was drenched by the
cloudburst
  • Leave the modifier as it is
  • Change the main part of the sentence so that
  • it begins with the term actually modified.
  • 3. This change will put the modifier next to the
    term it modifies.

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When nine years old, my mother enrolled in
medical school.
  • When I was nine years old, my mother enrolled in
    medical school.
  • Change the dangling modifier phrase to
  • a subordinate clause, creating a subject
  • and verb.
  • 2. Leave the rest of the sentence as it is.

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Having been fixed the night before, Priscilla
could use the car.
  • Since the car had been fixed the night before,
    Priscilla could use the car.

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Avoiding Misplaced Dangling Modifiers Summery
  • Misplaced Modifiers
  • Misplaced adjectives gold mans watch
  • mans
    gold watch
  • Placement of adverb we ate the lunch
  • that we had brought slowly.
  • just, only, merely, almost

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- Misplaced phrased The dealer sold the Cadillac
to the buyer with leather seats.

with leather seats.
with leather seats.
  • - Misplaced clauses The waiter served a dinner
    roll to the woman that was well buttered.

that was well buttered
that was well buttered
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1. Leave the modifier as it is2. Change the
main part of the sentence so that it begins with
the term actually modified.3. This change will
put the modifier next to the term it modifies.
Dangling Modifiers correction Method 1
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Dangling Modifiers correction Method 2
  • Change the dangling modifier phrase to
  • a subordinate clause, creating a subject
  • and verb.
  • 2. Leave the rest of the sentence as it is.

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All our rooms Superior , Deluxe or Staterooms
in the River Wing or our Garden Wing Rooms have
their own distinctive personality. Theyve been
designed with traditional Thai flair and
luxuriously appointed for your utmost comfort.
Whats more, every one has recently been
renovated as part of our USD75 million
refurbishment. You can catch a further glimpse of
them by clicking on their names or scrolling
down.
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You didn't get to where you're at by waiting
around. So the immediate acceleration of the
3.3-liter VVT-i V6 of Camry SE is utterly
practical. But if luxury is more your speed, take
a look at the XLE V6 with standard moonroof and
leather-trimmed interior, or the Camry LE with
power driver's seat and steering wheel audio
controls. (Even the Camry Standard has air
conditioning, CD player and cruise control all
included.) And Camry gets you farther on less
with a surprising rating of 24 estimated city, 34
highway miles per gallon 2. Hey, Camry knows
how you like to travel through life. And it's not
in the slow lane.
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This finally allowed her to make the transition
into a successful acting career, starring in
films including Silkwood (nomination for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Mask
(for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Best
Actress Award in 1985), Suspect, Moonstruck (for
which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress
in 1988), Mermaids and Tea With Mussolini.Her
ability to reinvent herself has allowed her to
continue performing and creating successful
recordings for more...
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