modifier of the torn students book lay on the desk?
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A modifier is considered dangling when the sentence isn't clear about what is being modified. For example, "The big" doesn't make sense without telling what is big which leaves "big" as a dangling modifier; but, "the big dog" is a complete phrase.
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Explanation:Misplaced Modifiers
A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes.
Because of the separation, sentences with this error often sound awkward, ridiculous, or confusing. Furthermore, they can be downright illogical.
For example: On her way home, Shazia found a gold man's watch.
The example above suggests that a gold man owns a watch.
Misplaced modifiers can usually be corrected by moving the modifier to a more sensible place in the sentence, generally next to the word it modifies.
For example: On her way home, Shazia found a man's gold watch.
Now it is the watch that is gold.
There are several kinds of misplaced modifiers:
1. Misplaced adjectives are incorrectly separated from the nouns they modify and almost always distort the intended meaning.
Example 1: The child ate a cold dish of cereal for breakfast this morning.
Correct the error by placing the adjective next to the noun it modifies.
Corrected
The child ate a dish of cold cereal for breakfast this morning.
Example 2: The torn student's book lay on the desk.
Corrected: The student's torn book lay on the desk.
Sentences like these are common in everyday speech and ordinarily cause their listeners no trouble. However, they are quite imprecise and, therefore, should have NO place in your writing.
2. Placement of adverbs can also change meaning in sentences.
For example, the sentences below illustrate how the placement of just can change the sentence's meaning.
Just means only John was picked, no one else: