Misplaced

Modifiers
 MODIFIERS

-a word, phrase, or
clause that describes
another word, phrase,
or clause
Example: He is a cute baby.
Types:
1. Adjectives – modify nouns
and pronouns
2. Adverbs – modify verbs
3. Modifier Phrases – modify an
action or an actor
 Misplaced
Modifiers
- are words, phrases, or
clauses that are separated
from the word they modify
- misplacement can sometimes
change the meaning of a
sentence
Example:
On her way home, Carmie found a
gold man’s watch.

misplaced modifier
Correct:
On her way home, Carmie found a
man’s gold watch.
Several Kinds of
Misplaced
Modifiers
Misplaced Words
• Misplaced Adjectives
The torn student’s book lay on
the desk.

Correct:
The student’s torn book lay on
the desk.
• Placement of Adverbs

I only contributed ₱1000 to the

fund for orphaned children.

Correct:
I contributed only ₱1000 to the
fund for orphaned children.
Misplaced
Phrases
The dealer sold the Cadillac to the
buyer with leather seats.

Correct:
The dealer sold the Cadillac with
leather seats to the buyer.
Misplaced
Clauses
The waiter served a dinner roll to
the woman that was well buttered.

Correct:
The waiter served a dinner roll that
was well buttered to the woman.
1. Making only minimum wage, I
nearly earned $2000 last
summer.
2. The bus station was located
by a river which was made of
red brick.

3. A fish was found in the

Pacific Ocean that had been
considered extinct.
4. The cowboy was thrown by the
bull in a leather vest.

5. Sam asked me to go for a

ride on the telephone.

6. She was making a sweater for

her lover that was warm.

7. The results will only be

known after all the votes had
been counted.
8. The contractors needed all
kinds of artists to paint the
mural badly.

9. The opera singer was

upstaged by the mime with
robust voice.

10. Left alone in the house,

the thunderstorm terrified the
two small children.