This document discusses misplaced and dangling modifiers and provides examples and exercises to correct them. A misplaced modifier appears to modify the wrong word in a sentence, distorting or obscuring the meaning. To correct it, the modifier should be moved closer to the word it intends to modify. A dangling modifier appears to modify either the wrong or no word because the intended word is missing. To correct it, the missing word should be added and the sentence rewritten as needed. The document provides examples of misplaced and dangling modifiers and exercises for the reader to identify and correct them.

1. Correcting
Misplaced and
Dangling
Modifiers

2. Examples:
-Slithering through the wet
grass, we watched the garden
snake.
-(Who is doing the slithering
here?)

3. Misplaced Modifiers: A
misplaced modifier appears to
modify the wrong word in a
sentence.
They often distort the
meaning of the sentence or make it
impossible for the reader to
understand the meaning. To
correct misplaced modifiers, move
it closer to the word it modifies.

4. Misplaced Modifiers
Correct the misplaced modifiers.
6. A person who steals in nine
cases out of ten is driven to do so
by want.
7. These buckles are sold in any
quantity designed exclusively by us.

5. 8. Our teacher’s explanations are
better which she gave us this
morning.
9. Our journey was ended having
found the right road.
10. She wore an expensive clip on her
hair which her mother bought in Paris.

6. Dangling Modifiers: A
dangling modifier
appears to modify either
the wrong word or no
word
at all because the word it should
logically modify is missing from the
sentence. To correct a dangling
modifier, add the missing word and
rewrite the rest of the sentence as
necessary.

7. -Pausing briefly to
congratulate
Barbara, the
conversation
continued.
Pausing briefly to congratulate
Barbara, __ continued the
conversation.

8. -Driving through the desert at
night, the cactuses looked eerie.
-When he was three years
old, Jerry’s uncle showed him
how to fly a kite.

9. To get to town quickly, the highway
is best.
While jogging one morning, the
solution was suddenly obvious.
At the age of five, Paul’s
uncle took him to the
circus.

10. Dangling Modifiers
Eliminate the dangling modifiers in the
following sentences.
Having read the story , the book was
returned to the library.
After spending an
hour writing the
theme, it was
submitted to the
teacher.

11. Placed on a large dish, my father
stood up to carve the roast turkey.
Walking down the street, a pretty
cottage came into view.
Unable to bear the
pain, the dentist
pulled my tooth.

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