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Page 1: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

Misplaced and Dangling

Page 2: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting. However, confusion results when we misplace a modifier, and even more when we leave it dangling.

Page 3: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

Think of a misplaced modifier as a man hanging from the ledge of a very tall building. Standing along the ledge are the words in a sentence. He must inch along the ledge by his fingertips looking for the place where he fits, that is the place where he can get a step up to the ledge.

Page 4: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

Page 5: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

Similarly, think of a dangling modifier in the same way. However this poor guy has no place to fit because the word he needs to modify is still inside the building—inside the writer’s head.

Page 6: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

If the writer does not add words to the ledge, the dangling modifiers will drop!

Page 7: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

Page 8: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Example

While walking toward the stage, his face turned red.

Page 9: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

While walking toward the stage, his face turned red.

Page 10: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Example

Blocked from kicking, the ball made its way into the end zone anyway.

Page 11: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Blocked from kicking, the ball made its way into the end zone anyway.

Page 12: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Example

Butterflies may become extinct by using pesticides.

Page 13: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Butterflies may become extinct by using pesticides.

Page 14: Modifiers Misplaced and Dangling. Modifiers A modifying word or group of words is very important to add information and make your sentences interesting

Modifiers

So remember, when using modifiers, give them a

place to stand!

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