DANGLING&

MISPL ACED
MODIFIER
DAV I D 1 1 K
PROBLEM’S USUALLY OCCUR

• Something wrong with the sentence

• There is something switched or replaced
• Something missing from the sentence
• Sometimes you write sentence that have no clear
WHAT IS DANGLING
MODIFIER/MISPLACED MODIFIER
• A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated
in the sentence. A modifier describes, clarifies, or gives more detail about a
concept.
• A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase or clause that are improperly arrage
EFFECTS OF READING DANGLING AND
MISPLACED MODIFIER
• Misunderstanding illustration
• Gives you chuckle
• Sentence that have no clear target
• Makes you cringe
EXAMPLE OF DANGLING MODIFIERS

• Walking down stairs, the window looks dirty

• Grammatically, this sentence implies that the dirty window was walking down
the street, and this is clearly not the writer's intention.
• Walking down the stairs, I noticed the window was dirty
• While I’m walking down the stairs, I saw the window was
dirty
EXAMPLES OF MISPLACED MODIFIERS

• We used the car that we borrow carefully

• This sentence, for example, suggests that we borrow a car carefully

• We carefully used the car that we borrow carefully