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How to use modifiers and comparatives

How to use modifiers and comparatives. BY:KARLA PINON & JORGE LOPEZ. Misplacing Modifiers. “SOME MODIFIERES, ESPECIALY SIMPLE MODIFERS- 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

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  1. How to use modifiers and comparatives BY:KARLA PINON & JORGE LOPEZ

  2. Misplacing Modifiers

  3. “SOME MODIFIERES, ESPECIALY SIMPLE MODIFERS-ONLY,JUST,NEARLY,BARELY-HAVE A BAD HABIT OF SLIPPPING INTO THE WRONG PLACE IN A SENTENCE.”(WHAT DOES “BARELY KICK” MEAN?)

  4. CONFUSION He Barely kicked the ball twenty yards.

  5. REPAIR WORK HE KICKED THAT BALL BARELY TWENTY YARDS

  6. DANGLING MODIFER

  7. “When we begin a sentence a modifying word, 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.” This happens with beginning participial phrases, making “dangling participles” an all too common phenomenon. In this sentence, we cant have a car changing its own oil.

  8. CONFUSION • Changing the oil every 3,000 miles, there is an easy way to keep your car running smoothly.

  9. Repair Work • If we change the oil every 3,000 miles, we can keep our car running smoothly.

  10. Comparative/superlative Comparative is the name for the grammar used when comparing two things. The two basic ways to compare are using as…as or than.

  11. Examples • She’s twice as old as her sister. • He’s not asstupid as he looks! • It’s much colder today than it was yesterday. • I find science more difficult than mathematics.

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