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Correct Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

The document discusses correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers in sentences. It provides examples of sentences with errors and their corrections. It emphasizes that misplaced and dangling modifiers can confuse meaning and should be avoided by placing modifiers next to the words they modify.

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Correct Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

The document discusses correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers in sentences. It provides examples of sentences with errors and their corrections. It emphasizes that misplaced and dangling modifiers can confuse meaning and should be avoided by placing modifiers next to the words they modify.

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Correct misplaced and

dangling modifiers
Pre-Assessment
Instructions: On a ¼ sheet of paper, identify the sentence with the
correct placement of the modifier.
1. A. Excited about the party, the decorations filled the room.
B. The decorations filled the room, excited about the party.
C. Excited about the party, decorations filled the room.
D. Decorations filled the room, which were exciting for the
party.
2. A. Running out of breath, the finish line finally appeared.
B. The finish line finally appeared, running out of breath.
C. Running out of breath, I finally saw the finish line.
D. Finally appearing, the finish line left me breathless.
3. A. Wearing a bright yellow hat, the child skipped down the
street.
B. The child skipped down the street, wearing a bright yellow
hat.
C. Skipping down the street, a bright yellow hat adorned the
child.
D. A bright yellow hat, worn by the child, skipped down the
street.
4. A. After studying all night, my eyes felt heavy.
B. My eyes felt heavy, after studying all night.
C. Studying all night, my eyes grew heavy.
D. With heavy eyes, I finished studying all night.
5. A. Lost in the woods, the hiker began to panic.
B. The hiker began to panic, lost in the woods.
C. Lost, the hiker began to panic in the woods.
D. Panicking, the lost hiker stumbled through the woods.
Why should we write sentences with precision?

Study the following statements about the novel Lord of the Flies.
1. Sailing across the ocean, the dying signal fire was left unnoticed
by the ship.
2. Jack seized and clumsily blew the conch shell calling for an
urgent assembly.
3. Terrified and disturbed by the apparition, the sow’s head seemed
to come to life.
4. Desperate to keep the signal fire burning, the idea of rescue gave
him hope.
Do you notice any errors in construction of these sentences?
The sentences have errors in structure because they contain
misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Misplaced modifiers refer to modifiers that are placed away from


the word it intends to modify. As a result, they seem to modify the
wrong word in in the sentence. To correct this sentence error, the
modifier (adjective) must be written next to the word (noun) it
modifies. This will require rearranging the order of the
words/phrases in the sentences.
Misplace Modifier
Sailing across the ocean, the dying signal fire was left unnoticed by
the ship.
In the sentence, the participial phrase sailing across the ocean is
supposed to describe the noun ship. However, the modifier is placed
far from the noun. As a result, the phrase seems to modify the fire,
not the ship.
Correction
Sailing across the ocean, the ship did not notice the dying signal
fire.
Misplaced Modifier
Jack seized and clumsily blew the conch shell calling for an urgent
assembly.
Correction
Calling for an urgent assembly, Jack seized and clumsily blew the
conch shell.
Dangling modifiers refers to modifiers that “hang” or
“dangle” at the beginning of a sentence modifying
something that is not directly stated in the rest of the
sentence. To correct this sentence error, a noun/pronoun
must be directly stated/added to complete the meaning of the
sentence.
Dangling Modifier
Terrified and disturbed by the apparition, the sow’s head
seemed to come to life.
Who is terrified and disturbed by the apparition?
The participial phrase neither modifies the sow’s head nor
describes the word life. The noun it modifies is missing in
the sentence.
Correction
Terrified and disturbed by the apparition, Simon imagined
the sow’s head come to life.
Dangling Modifier
Desperate to keep the signal fire burning, the idea of rescue
gave him hope.
Who is desperate to keep the signal fire burning?
The adjectival phrase does not clearly modify a noun or
pronoun in the sentence.
Correction
Desperate to keep the signal fire burning, Ralph was hoping
for rescue.
Remember:
Misplaced and dangling modifiers affect the meaning of the
sentence and may lead t confusion and multiple
interpretations. Moreover, these sentence errors lead
disorganized ideas that sound awkward and ridiculous. To
avoid these errors, a modifier should be placed next or
closed to the word it modifies.
Instructions: ACTIVITY TIME
Group yourselves by cleaners (Monday -Friday).
Identify misplaced and dangling modifiers in sentences. You are
given 5 minutes to work on it.

1. Exhausted after the long hike, the mountain peak finally came
into view.
2. Wearing a bright red hat, the mail carrier walked down the street.
3. Walking down the street, a stray dog ran past me.
4. Excited about the upcoming party, decorations were hung
everywhere.
ACTIVITY TIME
With the same group, correct the Misplaced and Dangling modifiers
you identified on the activity 1. Afterwards, choose a representative
to present your work.
Application

Instruction: Revise sentences to correct misplaced and dangling


modifiers. You are given 5 minutes to answer then afterwards, you
will be randomly selected to share your work with class.

1. Stuck on a sharpened stake, Jack and the other boys left the
severed head of the sow in the middle of the jungle as an offering to
the beast.
2. Piggy place the conch shell in Ralph’s hand, and the other boys
came back to the center seeing the familiar symbol.
Assessment / Evaluation
Write M if the sentence contains a misplaced modifier and D if it
has a dangling modifier. Write the revision of the sentence on the
lines. Simply put a check mark on the line if the sentence has no
error.

_______ 1. Resembling a figure of a giant ape, the boys mistook the


dead parachutist’s body for a monster.
______________________________________________________
__________________
________ 2. Enraged and humiliated t the same time, a new tribe of
hunters was formed.
______________________________________________________
_________ 3. Shrieking and whooping like wild animals, the
burning sticks were stolen from the signal fire.
______________________________________________________
__________________

_________ 4. Completely mesmerized by its disgusting look, the


impaled head of the sow was swarming with flies.
______________________________________________________
__________________
_________ 5. Simon slipped away from the camp and returned to
the jungle marvelling at the beauty of nature.
______________________________________________________
__________________
______________________________________________________
__________________
Good
Morning
All!
I am Juliana Silva. I will accompany you in learning
English.
Thank You
See you next time!

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