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Modifiers

Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that affect the meaning of a sentence by making it more engaging, clearer, or specific. The main types are adjectives and adverbs, which can come before or after the words they modify. Common mistakes with modifiers include misplacing them so they describe the wrong word, dangling modifiers where the word being modified is missing, and squinting modifiers that could describe multiple words.

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Modifiers

Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that affect the meaning of a sentence by making it more engaging, clearer, or specific. The main types are adjectives and adverbs, which can come before or after the words they modify. Common mistakes with modifiers include misplacing them so they describe the wrong word, dangling modifiers where the word being modified is missing, and squinting modifiers that could describe multiple words.

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Modifiers:

Adjective & Adverb


Ariendira Poetri (22020230019)
Sri Lestari (22020230011)
Modifiers?
Modifiers

- words, phrases, and clauses


that affect and often enhance
the meaning of a sentence
- can make a sentence more
engaging clearer, or specific
- can come in the form of phrases
and clauses that act like adjectives
and adverbs
- simples form: adjective and adverb
Types
Pre-modifiers

- which modify the words that follow


them in the sentence
- the adjectives are usually placed
before the nouns
- most of the adjectives are pre-
modifiers
- adverbs are often placed before the
words they modify
Pre-modifiers

Example:

Generally the brown dogs are nice.


(adverb) (article) (descriptive
adjective)
Post-modifiers

- which come after the


words they modify.
- the adverbs come after
the verbs and modify
them
Post-modifiers

Example:

Stark, our teacher, gives us tasks to do in the class.


(infinitive - (adverb of
(appositive) adjective) place)
Common
mistakes
1. Misplaced

when the modifier describes a word in the sentence


other than the one it is intended to describe.
Example

Incorrect:
Wandering around the desert, the sun beat down on the
hiker.
Example

Correct:
The sun beat down on the hiker wandering around the desert.

Also correct:
Wandering around the desert, the hiker sweltered beneath the sun.
2. Dangling

when the modifier describes a word that is missing from


the sentence.
Example

Incorrect:
Feeling reasonably confident in his performance, his test was handed to
the proctor.
Example

Correct:
Feeling reasonably confident in his performance, Henry handed his
test to the proctor.

Also correct:
Henry, feeling reasonably confident in his performance, handed his
test to the proctor.
3. Squinting

when the modifier could describe more than one word


in the sentence.
Example

Incorrect:
The teacher told the students when the class was over there would be
a study session.
Example

Correct:
When the class was over, the teacher told the students there would
be a study session.
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