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Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

Modifiers enhance sentences by providing descriptions but must be placed correctly to avoid confusion. Misplaced modifiers are too far from the words they describe, while dangling modifiers lack a clear subject. To fix these issues, ensure modifiers are adjacent to the words they modify and add missing subjects when necessary.

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Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

Modifiers enhance sentences by providing descriptions but must be placed correctly to avoid confusion. Misplaced modifiers are too far from the words they describe, while dangling modifiers lack a clear subject. To fix these issues, ensure modifiers are adjacent to the words they modify and add missing subjects when necessary.

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Dangling and Misplaced

Modifiers
Grammar Mini-Lesson with Examples
What Are Modifiers?
• Modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that
provide description in sentences.
• They should be placed next to the word they
modify to avoid confusion.
Misplaced Modifiers
• A misplaced modifier is placed too far from
the word it describes, causing confusion.

• Incorrect: She served sandwiches to the


children on paper plates.
• Correct: She served the children sandwiches
on paper plates.
Dangling Modifiers
• A dangling modifier lacks the word it is
supposed to modify, making the sentence
unclear.

• Incorrect: Walking down the street, the house


appeared abandoned.
• Correct: Walking down the street, I saw that
the house appeared abandoned.
How to Fix Misplaced or Dangling
Modifiers
• • Place modifiers next to the word they
modify.
• • Add a subject if it is missing.

• Example:
• Misplaced: He nearly drove the car for six
hours a day.
• Revised: He drove the car for nearly six hours
a day.
Practice: Spot the Errors
• 1. Covered in chocolate, Mary ate the cake.
• 2. Running quickly, the finish line seemed far
away.
• 3. We saw a man on a hill with a telescope.

• Try to fix each sentence.


Summary
• • Misplaced modifiers confuse the meaning by
being too far from what they describe.
• • Dangling modifiers don’t clearly refer to a
word in the sentence.
• • Always place modifiers close to the words
they modify.

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