PDF-Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Name Date x2013 Exercise 3 Thi s handout accompanies Exercise 3 of Grammar Bytes Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address httpch ompchompcomexercis. Name Date – Exercise 1 This handout accompanies Exercise 1 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address : http://cho mpchomp.com/exerci Mini-Lesson #48. UWF Writing Lab. What is a Dangling Modifier. A . dangling modifier. . is created when the noun or idea being modified is left out of the sentence. The modified term must be openly provided in the sentence. Knowing intuitively what is being modified does not make a correct sentence.. In plain English. . . . What is a dangling modifier?. Modifiers are words or phrases that describe or change a part of a sentence. . Modifiers dangle when it’s not clear what they describe. . Example:. . based. . on. . Connectives. FSTA 2012. Pliant. . system. (. negation. ) . Pliant. . system. (. t-norm. , . t-conorm. ). Pliant. . system. Pliant. operator (. uninorm. ). Modalities. . induced. Correcting and Avoiding Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers. Identifying Dangling Modifiers. The SAT/PSAT writing section contains problems involving complex and compound-complex sentences. These sentences, which contain numerous interrelated facts and details, generally contain errors. Often, . Dangling, Misplaced, and Squinting Modifiers. Prepared by. John . Tacapan. AP and AVID Teacher (DHS). Adjunct . Faculty (Long Beach City College). Assistant Professor of Education (. Westcliff. University). From the. UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #71. . The misplaced modifier is placed too close to some other noun or pronoun which it does not intend to modify. An adjective, an adverb, or a phrase or clause used as an adjective or adverb should refer to a specific word in the same sentence and be placed close to it so that the relationship is clear. A modifier is misplaced if intervening words obscure the relationship between it and the word it is intended to modify.. Name Date – E xercise 5 This handout accompanies Exercise 5 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://cho mpchomp.com/exercise I John 2:12-17. “Misplaced Love”. Love . not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.. S - 9 Revised Summer 2012 1 MISPLACED MODIFIERS A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase or clause that is awkwardly placed in the sentence so that it does not describe what the writer wanted it to des misplaced modifiers. A Lesson in One of the Most Common 8. th. Grade Errors. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?. Dangling Participle:. Walking down the cliff. , . his smile went brighter.. Misplaced Modifier:. Looking under the bed, my birthday gift was spotted. .. -Looking . under the bed, I spotted my birthday gift. .. Wrapped . in silver foil, I ate my hamburger. . . -I . ate my hamburger that had been wrapped in silver foil. Modfiers. Be sure to add this entry to your Table of Contents in your Writer’s Notebooks. What is a modifier. A modifier is a word or group of words that describes the meaning of another word or phrase.. The difference between clarity and awkwardness.. First things first…. What is a modifier, anyway?. Modifiers are . words. , . phrases. , or . clauses. that provide description in sentences. Modifiers allow writers to take the picture that they have in their heads and transfer it accurately to the heads of their readers..