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The Modifier…
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What is a modifier? A word or group of words that describes, limits, or
qualifies the meaning of another word or phrase. Modifiers can be a word, a phrase, or a clause. For example:
The silver fish (word) The fish in the pond (phrase) The fish that he caught (clause)
A sentence example: The little boy standing by the concession stand reminds me
of my brother.What are the modifiers?
little standing by the concession stand
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Mistakes made with modifiers…Dangling
Misplaced
Squinting
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Dangling Describes something that isn’t even in your sentence.
For example:
Falling asleep, the car steered into the bushes.
Was the car falling asleep? NOSo, let’s correct the sentence…
Corrected sentence:
Falling asleep, Jeff steered the car into the bushes.
Falling asleep (modifier) should describe a driver NOT the car.
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Misplaced Words or phrases placed in the wrong part of
the sentence. For example:
The woman was feeding the cat in blue heels. Wait a second…the cat was wearing blue heels?
Now let’s correct the sentence…
The woman in blue heels was feeding the cat. (modifier)
TIP: Try to keep modifier close to the word it’s modifying.
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Squinting Placed between two things that it could
reasonably modify, meaning the reader has no idea which one to choose. For example:
Children who laugh rarely are shy.This sentence can have two different meanings…
1. Children who rarely laugh are shy. OR
2. Children who laugh are rarely shy.CONFUSING, huh?
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Now on to your assignment…