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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

The document defines modifiers as words that describe other words, usually using adjectives or adverbs. It provides examples of correctly used modifiers and discusses misplaced and dangling modifiers. Misplaced modifiers do not fit correctly in the sentence, potentially causing confusion. Dangling modifiers are missing the subject or object they refer to. The document gives examples of misplaced and dangling modifiers and the corrected versions. It emphasizes the importance of placing modifiers as close as possible to the words they describe to avoid confusion.

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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

The document defines modifiers as words that describe other words, usually using adjectives or adverbs. It provides examples of correctly used modifiers and discusses misplaced and dangling modifiers. Misplaced modifiers do not fit correctly in the sentence, potentially causing confusion. Dangling modifiers are missing the subject or object they refer to. The document gives examples of misplaced and dangling modifiers and the corrected versions. It emphasizes the importance of placing modifiers as close as possible to the words they describe to avoid confusion.

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MISPLACE

D&
DANGLING
MODIFIER
S
By: Arman
n Dighia

DEFINITION OF MODIFIER
A group of words that
describes the another word.
Usually modifiers utilizes
adjectives or adverb to
describe a noun or a verb
(activity).

EXAMPLES OF MODIFIERS
IN SENTENCES
0 Fred extended his stay in Kenya after he

knew that there has been an Ebola outbreak,


and claimed that he like to live his life
dangerously.
0 I always knew that even though they rarely
goes to church, the Turners are good people.
0 Why the hell did you killed that poor little
bird? You maniac!

MISPLACED & DANGLING


MODIFIERS
MISPLACED & DANGLING
MODIFIERS pretty selfexplanatory, they are modifiers
that are misplaced and can
either cause confusion or make
the sentence that much more
hilarious!

MISPLACED MODIFIERS
These are the types of modifiers
that are misplaced, it does not
fit in to the correct slot within
the sentence.
This can really result to severe
confusions and
misunderstandings

EXAMPLES OF
MISPLACED MODIFIER
0I walking down the street when I saw Lidia, wet

and slippery.
How wrong can a misplaced modifier be, you
ask? Well you can see the sentence above
yes. Moving on!
0 Biting a tennis ball, my grandmother saw my

dog, Molly.
The sentence seemed as if my grandma lost
her sanity.

CORRECTIONS!
0Correction: I walking down the, wet

and slippery street when I saw Lidia.


Now you see, it was the floor thats
wet See the more you know
0Correction: My grandmother saw my
dog, Molly, biting a tennis ball
It was actually Molly that was
chewing the ball.

DANGLING MODIFIERS
These are the types of modifiers
that needs additional words in
order for it to be correct.
Usually they need additional
subjects/objects in order for it to
make sense.

EXAMPLES OF DANGLING
MODIFIERS
0 Being very polluted and contaminated, Dr.

Lula thinks that the only way to fix Kali


Ciliwung is to remove all the houses from
around the river.
Now you might not want to meet Dr. Lula
knowing that she is a very polluted and
heavily contaminated person(?)
0 Riding down the street, crashed on to a
garbage truck.
What?

CORRECTIONS!
0 Dr. Lula thinks that the only way to fix Kali

Ciliwung, it being a very polluted and


severely contaminated river, is to remove all
the houses from around the river.
This, this makes more sense Now we
know that the it was the river that was
severely polluted.
0 When I was riding down the street, I crashed
on to a garbage truck.
Now we know what this sentence is about.

MISPLACED & DANGLING


MODIFIERS
This type of mistake is a
combination of both misplaced and
dangled modifiers
First the modifiers are missing its
subject/object and to make things
worst they are grammatically
misplaced.

EXMPLES OF MISPLACED
& DANGLING MODIFIERS
0 The dinosaurs were brought to extinction due to the

meteorite that fell on to Earth blazing a few billion


years ago.
0 Correction: The blazing meteorite that fell on to Earth a

few billion years ago brought the dinosaurs to extinction.


Or The dinosaurs were brought to extinction by the
blazing meteorite that fell on to Earth a few billion years
ago.

0 To develop your grammar, reading more is needed


0 To develop your grammar, you need to read more.

HOW TO FIX IT
Now this is the most important section of this
slideshow. How to prevent confusions and
grammatical errors from within your literature
work.
1. Know where the modifier is
2. Find the word that it modify
3. Does it make sense, make sure it is as close
as possible to the word that it is suppose to
modify.

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