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Dangling Modifer

The document provides information about misplaced and dangling modifiers and how to identify and fix them. It defines misplaced modifiers as being too far from what they are intended to modify and dangling modifiers as having a missing subject. Examples are given of misplaced and dangling modifiers and their corrected versions. Methods for fixing dangling modifiers by revising the main clause or modifier phrase are also outlined.

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Dangling Modifer

The document provides information about misplaced and dangling modifiers and how to identify and fix them. It defines misplaced modifiers as being too far from what they are intended to modify and dangling modifiers as having a missing subject. Examples are given of misplaced and dangling modifiers and their corrected versions. Methods for fixing dangling modifiers by revising the main clause or modifier phrase are also outlined.

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Review:

Fix the misplaced


modifiers in each
picture.

We took the dogs for a walk


after eating all their food.
DANGLING
MODIFIER
INTRODUCTIO
N
A modifier is a word,
phrase, or clause that
describes, defines, or
qualifies something else
in a sentence.
Overview

01
Modifiers

Modifiers can
include
alsodescriptive
be phraseswords
or clauses:
such as adjectives and adverbs:

■ Anna
She always listened attentively in
smiled when she walked past the
class.bar where she met her
husband.
■ She decided to buy the blue vintage Cadillac.
■ Having received a promotion at work, he went out to buy a bottle of
champagne.
The most common modifier
mistakes are 
dangling modifiers and 
misplaced modifiers. Both
terms refer to modifiers that
are connected to the wrong
thing in a sentence.
A misplaced modifier is too far
away from the thing it’s
supposed to modify, while a
dangling modifier’s intended
subject is missing from the
sentence altogether.
What is a misplaced
modifier?

02
What is a misplaced modifier?

■ A misplaced modifier is a modifier that is positioned too far away


from the word, phrase or clause it is intended to modify and, as a
result, appears to be modifying something else.

■ A misplaced modifier can be fixed by moving it so that it is connected


to the right subject.
What is a misplaced modifier?

Misplaced Corrected
● The waiter presented a ● The waiter presented
steak to the guest that a medium-rare steak to
was medium rare. the guest.

● The waiter presented a


steak that was medium
rare to the guest.
What is a misplaced modifier?

Misplaced Corrected
● Neil Armstrong made ● In 1969, Neil
history as the first man Armstrong made
to step on the moon in history as the first man
1969. to step on the moon.

● Neil Armstrong made


history in 1969 as the
first man to step on the
moon.
What is a misplaced modifier?

Misplaced Corrected
● Most participants ● Most participants
selected a lunch selected a lunch that
from the menu that was was high in sugar from
high in sugar. the menu.

● Most participants
selected from the
menu a lunch that was
high in sugar.
What is a misplaced modifier?

Misplaced Corrected
● She arrived home and ● Covered in
fell onto the sweat, she arrived
sofa covered in sweat. home and fell onto the
sofa.

● She arrived
home covered in
sweat and fell onto the
sofa.
What is a dangling
modifier?

03
What is a dangling modifier?

■ A dangling modifier occurs when the subject of a modifier is missing


from the sentence.

■ Dangling modifiers often take the form of an introductory phrase


followed by a clause that doesn’t state the intended subject.
What is a dangling modifier?

Dangling Corrected
● Fumbling in her ● Fumbling in her
purse, the keys could purse, she could not
not be found. find the keys.

● As she fumbled in her


purse, the keys could
not be found.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

There are two simple ways to fix a dangling modifier.

Method 1: Revise the main clause

■ One method of fixing a dangling modifier is to leave the modifier as it


is and rewrite the main clause so that it begins with the subject being
modified.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

There are two simple ways to fix a dangling modifier.

Method 1: Revise the main clause

■ Having injured his dominant hand, it was difficult to write the exam.

■ Having injured his dominant hand, John had difficulty writing the


exam.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

Dangling Corrected
● Hungry after two hours ● Hungry after two hours
of hiking, my packed of hiking, I quickly
sandwich was quickly devoured my packed
devoured upon sandwich upon reaching
reaching the peak. the peak.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

Dangling Corrected
● Smiling from ear to ● Smiling from ear to
ear, the candles are ear, the heroine blows
blown out, and the out the candles, and the
novel concludes novel concludes happily.
happily.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

Dangling Corrected
● To become a practicing ● To become a practicing
dentist, many teeth must dentist, you must clean,
be cleaned, filled, and fill, and file many teeth.
filed.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

There are two simple ways to fix a dangling modifier.

Method 2: Revise the modifier phrase

■ Another method of fixing a dangling modifier is to include the subject


in the introductory phrase, leaving the main clause as it is.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

There are two simple ways to fix a dangling modifier.

Method 2: Revise the modifier phrase

■ Having injured his dominant hand, it was difficult to write the exam.

■ Because John had injured his dominant hand, it was difficult to write
the exam.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

Dangling Corrected
● Taken down to the ● As he was taken down to
cellar, the darkness the cellar, the darkness
obscured the details of obscured the details of
the room. the room.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

Dangling Corrected
● While driving to work, a ● While Jane was driving
car accident caused a to work, a car accident
traffic jam on the caused a traffic jam on
highway. the highway.
How to fix a dangling modifier?

Dangling Corrected
● Requiring more data for the ● Because we required more data
study, questionnaires were for the study, questionnaires
collected from an additional were collected from an
200 people. additional 200 people.
Dangling Modifier

A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause that either modifies no word in


the sentence or refers to the wrong word. Dangling modifiers cause the
sentence to lack coherence. Recognize the following types of dangling
modifiers and their corrections.
Exercise:
Correct the dangling modifiers in the sentences below.

1. To become a good photographer, the camera must be used carefully.


2. Driving up the rock-strewn mountain, the tire went flat.
3. Coming home late, the house was dark.
4. Riding in a swiftly moving vehicle, the landscape becomes blurred.
5. To play the guitar well, practice is necessary.
6. In checking the records, the error became clear.
7. If potted, the chicken tasted better.
8. Crashing on the shore, I could hear the waves.
9. To become a movie star, talent and luck must come into play.
10. While treading water, the fish swam in lazy circles.
Final Activity

Create a short essay by constructing


descriptive sentences about the given topic.
Then, share it to the class by reading with
proper intonation and pronunciation. Use
appropriate modifiers in your sentences as
possible.
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