Correction of Dangling Modifiers in Medical Documents

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Correction of Dangling Modifiers in Medical
Documents
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Dangling modifiers are words or phrase that
modifies the wrong subject in a sentence
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Dangling Participles (-ed, -ing)

• Example Using the survey data, the effects of
  education on job satisfaction were examined
• Correction Using the survey data, the
  researchers examined the effects of education on
  job satisfaction.

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Dangling Gerund (end in ing)

• Example After preparing the samples, our focus
  was on collecting the data.
• Correction After preparing the samples, we
  focused on collecting the data.

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Dangling Infinitives (to)

• Example To investigate the relationship, a
  series of experiments were designed.
• Correction We designed a series of experiments
  to investigate the relationship.

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Be wary of dangling modifiers that appear at the
start of the sentence.Write in active voice as
much as possible
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