Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

• Chapter 20
• Page 569

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Objective

• ELA8C1c
• To revise sentences to correct misplaced and
  dangling modifiers.

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Misplaced Prepositional Phrase

• We took our cat to the veterinarian with the sore
  paw.
• We took our cat with the sore paw to the
  veterinarian.

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Misplaced Participial Phrase

• Buried in the yard, the dog dug up a bone.
• The dog dug up the bone buried in the yard.

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Dangling Modifiers

• Planning a picnic, the rain was saddening.
• Planning a picnic, we were saddened by the rain.
• Because we were planning a picnic, the rain was
  saddening.

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Misplaced Clauses

• The bike is on sale this week that I want.
• The bike that I want is on sale this week.
• The pictures were of monkeys that we took.
• The pictures that we took were of monkeys.

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More..

• Mark almost drives 100 miles per hour.
• Mark drives almost 100 miles per hour.
• Not knowing how to swim, Johns pool is rarely
  used.
• Because John doesnt know how to swim, his pool
  is rarely used.

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Stuck in a tree, Marla called the fire department
to rescue her cat.
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2. Jennifer only made Jell-o for the party.
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3. Mike cant eat candy for Halloween with
peanuts.
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4. We bought that lamp at the antique shop that
costs 400.
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5. Hoping to win the race, the fall was
disappointing.