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How to use modifiers and comparatives. BY:KARLA PINON & JORGE LOPEZ. Misplacing Modifiers. “SOME ,MODIFIERS ESPECIALY SIMPLE MODIFIERS- ONLY,JUST,NEARLY,BARELY- HAVE A BAD HABIT OF SLIPPPING INTO THE WRONG PLACE IN A SENTENCE.”(WHAT DOES “BARELY KICK” MEAN?). CONFUSION.
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How to use modifiers and comparatives BY:KARLA PINON & JORGE LOPEZ
“SOME ,MODIFIERS ESPECIALY SIMPLE MODIFIERS-ONLY,JUST,NEARLY,BARELY-HAVE A BAD HABIT OF SLIPPPING INTO THE WRONG PLACE IN A SENTENCE.”(WHAT DOES “BARELY KICK” MEAN?)
CONFUSION He Barely kicked the ball twenty yards.
REPAIR WORK HE KICKED THAT BALL BARELY TWENTY YARDS
“phrase, or clause, we must make sure the next thing that comes along can, in fact, be modified by that modifier. When a modifier improperly modifies something, it is called a “dangling modifier.”
CONFUSION • Changing the oil every 3,000 miles, there is an easy way to keep your car running smoothly.
Repair Work • If we change the oil every 3,000 miles, we can keep our car running smoothly.
Comparative/superlative The two basic ways to compare are using …asor than.
Examples • She’s twice as old as her sister. • He’s not as stupid as he looks! • It’s much colder today than it was yesterday. • I find science more difficult than mathematics.