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2. CHAPTER 22: CORRECTING PROBLEMS WITH MODIFIERS
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3. CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter, you will be able to:
 identify modifiers within sentences and correct
misplaced or dangling modifiers.
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4. WHAT ARE MODIFIERS?
 Modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that describe
(modify) something in a sentence.
 Sometimes modifiers limit another word. They make
another word (or words) more specific.
 Correcting Modifier Problems
1. Find the modifier.
2. Ask, “Does the modifier have something to modify?”
3. Ask, “Is the modifier in the right place, as close as
possible to the word, phrase, or clause it modifies?”
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5. WHAT ARE MODIFIERS?
 INFO BOX: Three Steps in Checking for Sentence
Errors with Modifiers
 Put a modifier as close as possible to the word,
phrase, or clause it modifies.
 Correct Dangling Modifiers
 The three steps for correcting modifier errors can
help you recognize another kind of error.
 Dangling modifiers are modifiers that don’t have
anything to modify; they just dangle in the sentence.
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6. WHAT ARE MODIFIERS?
 Correct dangling modifiers by adding something to
the sentence.
Give the modifier something to modify.
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7. REVIEWING THE STEPS AND THE SOLUTIONS
 INFO BOX: A Summary of Modifier Problems
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8. WHAT ARE MODIFIERS?
A. The basic building block of an paragraph.
B. A person, place, or thing.
C. A plan that helps you stay focused in your writing.
D. Words, phrases, or clauses that modify something in a
sentence.
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9. WHAT ARE MODIFIERS?
A. The basic building block of an paragraph.
B. A person, place, or thing.
C. A plan that helps you stay focused in your writing.
D. Words, phrases, or clauses that modify something
in a sentence.
identify modifiers within sentences and correct
misplaced or dangling modifiers.
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