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Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers. Misplaced Modifiers. Modifying Words and Phrases: Describe people, places, and objects. Modifying words and phrases MUST be placed as close to the words they modify! If not, confusion and often inadvertently humorous sentences can occur. .

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Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

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  1. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

  2. Misplaced Modifiers • Modifying Words and Phrases: Describe people, places, and objects. • Modifying words and phrases MUST be placed as close to the words they modify! • If not, confusion and often inadvertently humorous sentences can occur.

  3. Misplaced Modifiers • Sentence #1: The patient was referred to a psychologist with several emotional problems. • What the writer thinks it says: The patient has emotional problems. • What the sentence really says: The psychologist has emotional problems. • Correction: The patient with several emotional problems was referred to a psychologist.

  4. Misplaced Modifiers • Sentence #2: Sam found a letter in the mailbox that doesn't belong to her. • What the writer thinks it says: Sam found a letter that doesn't belong to her. • What the sentence really says: The mailbox doesn't belong to Sam. • Correction: Sam found a letter that doesn't belong to her in the mailbox.

  5. Dangling Modifiers • What’s wrong with the sentence that follows? • Coming up the hall, the clock struck 10. • A modifier ‘dangles’ when the word it modifies does not appear in the sentence. • Coming up the hall, we heard the clock strike 10.

  6. Dangling Modifiers • Determined to get a better look, the viewing platform next to St. Paul’s Chapel was crowded. • Correct: Determined to get a better look, people crowded the viewing platform next to St. Paul’s Chapel.

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