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The document discusses dangling and misplaced modifiers, which can cause misunderstandings or unclear sentences. A dangling modifier modifies a word that is not clearly stated in the sentence, while a misplaced modifier is improperly arranged. Examples are provided to illustrate dangling modifiers, where the intended meaning is unclear, and misplaced modifiers, where the placement of the modifier changes the intended meaning. Care must be taken to avoid these issues to communicate clearly.

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Danglingah 1

The document discusses dangling and misplaced modifiers, which can cause misunderstandings or unclear sentences. A dangling modifier modifies a word that is not clearly stated in the sentence, while a misplaced modifier is improperly arranged. Examples are provided to illustrate dangling modifiers, where the intended meaning is unclear, and misplaced modifiers, where the placement of the modifier changes the intended meaning. Care must be taken to avoid these issues to communicate clearly.

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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

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