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    This document discusses dangling and misplaced modifiers. It defines a dangling modifier as a word or phrase that has no word in the sentence to describe. Dangling modifiers can cause misinterpretation. The document provides examples of dangling modifiers and strategies for revising them, such as naming the appropriate doer of the action or changing the dangling phrase into a complete introductory clause. It also defines a misplaced modifier as one that does not sit next to the word it is modifying, which can lead to modifying the wrong word. The key difference between misplaced and dangling modifiers is that a misplaced modifier is in the wrong position relative to the word it modifies, while a dangling modifier has no word in the sentence that it modifies

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    This document discusses dangling and misplaced modifiers. It defines a dangling modifier as a word or phrase that has no word in the sentence to describe. Dangling modifiers can cause misinterpretation. The document provides examples of dangling modifiers and strategies for revising them, such as naming the appropriate doer of the action or changing the dangling phrase into a complete introductory clause. It also defines a misplaced modifier as one that does not sit next to the word it is modifying, which can lead to modifying the wrong word. The key difference between misplaced and dangling modifiers is that a misplaced modifier is in the wrong position relative to the word it modifies, while a dangling modifier has no word in the sentence that it modifies

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    DANGLING AND MISPLACED

    MODIFIERS

    LENG 201 Academic Reading


    and Writing II
    Modify nothing
    A Dangling Modifier
    • Dangling modifiers are words or phrases which
    “dangle” because they have no word in the
    sentence to describe:
    While taking a shower, the doorbell rang.
     Nobody

    The doorbell was


    taking a shower?
    Dangling Modifiers Cause
    Misinterpretation
    • In
    addition to being ugly and inappropriate, the students often
    make grammatical errors on their signs.
    We (probably) don’t want to call
    the students ugly and
    inappropriate!

    • Inaddition to the signs’ being ugly and inappropriate, the students


    often make grammatical errors on their signs.
    OR
    • In
    addition to being ugly and inappropriate, the students’ signs often
    contain grammatical errors.
    Revise Dangling Modifiers
    1. Name the appropriate or logical doer of the action as the
    subject of the main clause:
    Dangling modifier: Having arrived late for practice, a written
    excuse was needed.
    Who arrived late? This sentence says that the written excuse
    arrived late. To revise, decide who actually arrived late.
    Example:
    Having arrived late for practice, Joe needed a written excuse.
    Revise Dangling Modifiers
    2. Change the phrase that dangles into a complete introductory
    clause by naming the doer of the action in that clause:
    Dangling modifier: Without knowing his name, it was difficult to
    introduce him.
    1. Who didn't know his name? This sentence says that "it"
    didn't know his name. To revise, decide who was trying to
    introduce him.
    Example: Since ____I______ didn’t know his name, it was
    difficult to introduce him.
    Difference between Misplaced
    Modifiers and Dangling
    Modifiers
    •A modifier is misplaced in a sentence when it doesn’t
    sit next to the word it is modifying. Trouble comes
    when the modifier seems to be modifying the wrong
    word due to that placement. Wrong positions
    •Amodifier dangles when the word being modified,
    often a noun, isn’t even included in the sentence,
    when the modifier hangs from the sentence without
    an attachment

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