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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 BY:KARLA PINON & JORGE LOPEZ
“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 He Barely kicked the ball twenty yards.
REPAIR WORK HE KICKED THAT BALL BARELY TWENTY YARDS
“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.
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 Comparative is the name for the grammar used when comparing two things. The two basic ways to compare are using as…as or than.
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.