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Prep phrases and common advs and adjs are misplaced in the sentence. This changes the meaning of the sentence. Common misplaced modifiers: Only Even Just Almost Prep phrases of where Misplaced Modifiers

How the sentence changes He said he loved her. (add in only) Only he said he loved her. He only said he loved her. He said only he loved her. He said he only loved her. He said he loved only her. He said he loved her only. How the sentence changes

Misplaced “Only” We only have two weeks left in this month. We are almost spending half our income on rent. The cat just wants a 27 second belly rub. I was even included Don’t give the medicine to the baby in the bottle. Misplaced “Only”

Unique and Favorite CANNOT be modified! Graded Paper Bad Grammar Error…

Unique and favorite are absolute Unique and favorite are absolute. Unique means “one of a kind” Favorite means “absolute state of appeal”