Dangling Modifier: When a sentence that starts with a modifying phrase, word, or clause, does not follow and change based on the modifier. A correct modifier is when the sentence follows the modifying word, phrase, etc, the rest of the sentence must follow based on the modifier.
(Incorrect) Example: Changing the oil every 3,000 miles, the car seemed to run better.
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Lesson: This is a dangling modifier sentence because the modifier is, " Changing the oil every 3000 miles,..." However, the car cannot change itself because it is not a living being in the sentence, which is shown in the example to your right.
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(Correct) Example: Changing the oil every 3000 miles, Tony realized that the car was running better.
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Misplaced Modifier is when you use a modifier to change a sentence, but is placed in the wrong way.
Example: Samuel barely kicked the football twenty yards
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Lesson: The word barely was used incorrect because you start to question: what does the writer mean "barely kicked"?
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Correct Example: Samuel kicked the football barely twenty yards.
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