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a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes Modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that provide description in sentences.
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Correct the error by placing the adjective next to the noun it modifies. Riley ate a cold dish of cereal for breakfast this morning.
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The adjective cold modifies cereal.
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An adverb is a word that changes or qualifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause, sentence or any other word or phrase How? In what way?, When? Where? To what extent?
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Haley ate the lunch she made slowly. Haley slowly ate the lunch she made.
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Miss Geiger said on Monday she would return our essays.
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A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause that is not clearly and logically related to the word or words it modifies.
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Now the sentence means that I was looking toward the west.
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Correction Method #2 : Change the dangling modifier phrase to a subordinate clause, creating a subject and verb. Leave the rest of the sentence as it is.
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Some examples provided by: http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduledangling.htm
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