Misplaced and dangling modifiers
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This document discusses misplaced and dangling modifiers. It defines misplaced modifiers as words or phrases that incorrectly modify the wrong word or words in a sentence. Dangling modifiers are described as modifying words or phrases where the intended subject they describe is missing from the sentence. Examples are given of misplaced and dangling modifiers and how to correctly structure sentences to avoid these errors. Four common types of misplaced modifiers are also listed.
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![What is a dangling modifier?
A dangling modifier “dangles” because the
word or words it is supposed to describe are not
in the sentence.
INCORRECT Jogging in the park, a dog bit me.
[The dog wasn’t jogging in the park; the actual
jogger is missing from the sentence.]
CORRECT Jogging in the park, I got bitten by a
dog. OR While I was jogging in the park, a dog
bit me.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/misplacedanddanglingmodifiers-120308140707-phpapp01/85/Misplaced-and-dangling-modifiers-4-320.jpg)
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Misplaced and dangling modifiers
- 2. What is a misplaced modifier? Modifiers are words or word groups that describe other words in a sentence. In the following sentence, the words in bold modify woman. The woman who is sitting by the door is my sister. A misplaced modifier, because it is not correctly placed, describes the wrong word or words: INCORRECT Marcy saw the neighbor’s dog drinking a cocktail. CORRECT Drinking a cocktail, Marcy saw the neighbor’s dog.
- 3. Four types of modifiers are often misplaced. (See your textbook for more specific details.) Modifiers such as only, almost, hardly, nearly, and just. Modifiers that start with –ing verbs, like playing, dancing, driving, singing. Modifiers that are prepositional phrases (phrases that begin with prepositions like in, on, at, around). Modifying word groups that start with who, whose, that, or which.
- 4. What is a dangling modifier? A dangling modifier “dangles” because the word or words it is supposed to describe are not in the sentence. INCORRECT Jogging in the park, a dog bit me. [The dog wasn’t jogging in the park; the actual jogger is missing from the sentence.] CORRECT Jogging in the park, I got bitten by a dog. OR While I was jogging in the park, a dog bit me.
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