Title: Misplaced Modifiers A modifier should be placed next to the word it describes.
1Misplaced ModifiersA modifier should be placed
next to the word it describes.
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3- Sentence A means that the shopper did not buy any
ties.
Sentence B means that the shopper visited only
the tie department.
4Sentences 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
5Misplaced single word
6 Misplaced phrase
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9 10Squinting modifiers
- A squinting modifier is a modifier misplaced so
that it may describe two situations
11- 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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13Awkward separations
An awkward separation creates a confusing meaning.
14- As written, this sentence separates the auxiliary
verb from the main verb, creating an awkward gap.
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16Looking 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.
17Looking 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.
18Walking 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.
19When 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.
20Having been fixed the night before, Priscilla
could use the car.
- Since the car had been fixed the night before,
Priscilla could use the car.
21Avoiding Misplaced Dangling Modifiers Summery
- Misplaced adjectives gold mans watch
- mans
gold watch
- Placement of adverb we ate the lunch
- that we had brought slowly.
- just, only, merely, almost
22- 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
231. 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
24Dangling 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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26All our rooms Superior , Deluxe or Staterooms
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down.
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30You 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
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in the slow lane.
31This finally allowed her to make the transition
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Mask
(for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Best
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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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