Dangling Modifier - Chefkirk - Effective Sentences (CDr)

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1. Gotilar

   06.10.2019

   A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that clarifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause. Sometimes writers use modifiers incorrectly, leading to strange and unintentionally humorous sentences. The two common types of modifier errors are called misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers.

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2. Moogurisar

   05.10.2019

   Use effective methods for fixing dangling modifiers Skills Practiced Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related lesson on dangling modifiers.

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3. Vir

   04.10.2019

   Determine how a dangling modifier happens Fix a dangling modifier in an example sentence Skills Practiced. You'll apply the following skills: Knowledge application - use what you know about.

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4. Arakasa

   03.10.2019

   Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 2. Directions: Rewrite the following sentences to repair any dangling modifiers. Type your new sentences in the text boxes given. When you are finished, click on the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page to view the correct answers. 1.

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5. Meztilmaran

   28.09.2019

   Since the topic of the article is “5 More Dangling Modifiers”, I can say that those are in the category of “Dangling for a Mangling”. In other words, those sentences are set up for dangled meanings. D.A.W. Dale A. Wood on March 26, pm. Ed Good’s posting seems to have disappeared while I .

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6. Golrajas

   05.10.2019

   In general, dangling modifiers are corrected by introducing the subject right after the modifier or including it in the modifying phrase. Incorrect: At five years old, .

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7. Mudal

   06.10.2019

   Jun 21,  · A dangling modifier is a word or phrase (often a participle or participial phrase) that doesn't actually modify the word it's intended to modify. In some cases, a dangling modifier refers to a word that doesn't even appear in the sentence. It is also called a dangling participle, hanging modifier, floater, floating modifier, or misrelated participle.

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8. Nikus

   07.10.2019

   In English sentences, the doer must be the subject of the main clause that follows. In this sentence, it is Jill. She seems logically to be the one doing the action ("having finished"), and this sentence therefore does not have a dangling modifier.

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9. Kigul

   29.09.2019

   The term may sound a bit unusual, but a dangling modifier is simply a word or phrase that modifies the wrong subject in a sentence. This mismatch occurs because the implied subject is missing. The phrase is therefore “left dangling” (hanging loosely). The resulting sentence can be unclear and may even be unintentionally humorous.

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