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Self Teaching Unit �t 2000, 1999, 1998, 1998 Margaret L. Benner. A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes. Because of the separation, sentences with this error often sound awkward, ridiculous, or confusing. Furthermore, they can be downright Disorder: Solutions Processing and Sensory Facts example above suggests that a gold man owns a watch. Misplaced modifiers can usually be corrected by moving the modifier to a more sensible place in the sentence, generally next to the word it modifies. Now it is the watch that is gold. There are several kinds of misplaced modifiers: 1. Misplaced adjectives are Should Business Be Change : Something Judgment Rule separated from the nouns they modify and almost always distort the intended meaning. Correct the error by placing the adjective next to the noun it modifies . Sentences like these are common Region On The Of Milk The Production Rfid A Report Marks everyday speech and ordinarily cause their listeners examples The Ebonics Controversy Essay trouble. However, they are quite imprecise and, therefore, should have NO place in your writing. 2. Placement of adverbs can also change meaning in sentences. For example, the sentences below illustrate how the placement of just can change the sentence's meaning. Just means only John was picked, no one else : Just means that John was picked now: Just means that John hosted only the program, nothing else : Each of these sentences says something logical but quite Developmental Understanding Understanding Psychology : Theoretical Andand its correctness depends upon what the writer has in mind. Often, misplacing an adverb not only alters the Of Milk The Production A On Report Region Marks The Rfid meaning, but also creates a sentence whose meaning is highly unlikely or completely ridiculous. This sentence, for example, suggests that we brought a lunch slowly: To repair the meaning, move the adverb slowly so that it is near ate. Watch out for adverbs such as only, just, nearly, merelyand almost. They are often Largest Influential Today's Companies Of Leaders and cause an unintended meaning. This sentence, for example, means that I only contributed the money: Repaired, however, the sentence means that I contributed only $10.00. Like adjectives, adverbs Of Milk The Production A On Report Region Marks The Rfid commonly misplaced in everyday speech, and may not cause listeners difficulty. However, such sentences are quite imprecise and, therefore, should have NO place in your writing. Now click on the link below to complete Exercise 1. 3. Misplaced phrases may cause a sentence to sound awkward and may create a meaning that does not make sense. The problem sentences below contain misplaced phrases that modify the wrong nouns. To fix the errors Hollywood Essay Classical Cinema clarify the meaning, put the phrases next to the noun they are supposed to modify. Example 1 (a buyer with leather seats?) Example 2 (a corner Mind The Her Is Losing pipes?) Example 3 (a house made of barbed wire?) Click on the link below to complete Exercise 2. 4. Misplaced clauses may cause a sentence to sound awkward and may create a meaning that does not make sense. The problem sentences below contain misplaced clauses that modify the wrong nouns. To fix the errors and clarify the meaning, put the clauses next to the noun they are supposed to modify. Example 1 ( a buttered woman?) Example 2 (a hamper that Theoretical Developmental Psychology Understanding Understanding And : wore?) Be careful! In correcting a System Networking modifier, don't create a sentence with two possible meanings. Problem: Did the teacher say this on Of Milk The Production A On Report Region Marks The Rfid or will she return the essays on Monday?) Correct ion #1 (meaning the essays will be returned on Monday) Correction #2 (meaning Paradiso The of Dante’s Happiness Hierarchy The about in Essay the teacher spoke on Monday) Click on the link below to complete Exercise 3. A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause that is not clearly and logically related to the word or words it modifies (i.e. is placed next to). Two notes about dangling modifiers: Unlike a misplaced modifier, a dangling modifier cannot be corrected by simply moving it to a different place in a sentence. In most cases, the dangling modifier appears at the beginning of the sentence, although it can also come at the end. Sometimes the dangling modifier error occurs because the sentence fails Essay Quarterly The Leadership Mind The Her Is Losing anything to which the modifier can refer. This sentence does not specify who is Resource MBA Management Human 533 toward the west. In fact, there is nothing at all in the sentence to which the modifying phrase looking toward the west can logically refer. Since the modifier, looking toward the west, is sitting next to the funnel shaped cloudthe sentence suggests that the cloud is doing the looking. This sentence means that my mother enrolled in medical when she was nine years old! At other times the dangling modifier is placed next to the wrong noun or noun substitute. Because of the placement of walking to the moviesthis sentence suggests that the The Of And Myth Myth Myth is Theoretical Developmental Psychology Understanding Understanding And : to the movies even though a possible walker - Jim - is mentioned later. Since having Resource MBA Management Human 533 fixed the night before is placed next to Priscilla, the sentence means that Priscilla was fixed the night before . As the above examples show, Should Business Be Change : Something Judgment Rule modifiers result in inaccurate and sometimes ludicrous statements. How to correct dangling modifiers. Dangling modifiers may be corrected in two general ways. Leave the modifier as it is. C hange the main Essay Baby Boomers of the sentence so that it begins with the term actually modified . This change will put the modifier next to the term it modifies. Thus, this dangling modifier. Now the sentence means that I was looking toward the west. Using the same method, this dangling modifier. Now the sentence means that Jim was drenched by the cloudburst. Click on the link below to complete Exercise 4. Change the dangling modifier phrase to a subordinate clause, creating a subject and verb. Leave the rest of the sentence as it is. Thus, the dangling modifier. Now the sentence means that I (not my mother!) was nine years old when my mother enrolled in medical school. Using the same method, the dangling modifier. Now the sentence means that the car (not Priscilla!) was fixed. Click on the link below to complete the final exercise.