Dangling Modifiers

 Misplaced: Getting out of bed, the tile floor was so cold that Yoko shivered all over.

• No way tile is getting out of bed.  Thus, we need to find subject.

Corrected: Getting out of bed, Yoko where the tile floor was so cold shivered all over.

 

 

Misplaced: After putting on the shirt, the room didn't seem so cold. 

Corrected:  The shirts I didn't feel so cold in the room.

 

Misplaced: While visiting the Agriean Safari, a baboon scramled onto the hood of their car.

Corrected: While visiting the Agriean Safari, we .................

 

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Example 1:

• I nearly earned one hundred dollars last week.
  • Nothing earned
• I earned nearly one hundred dollars last week.
  • Got the money.

• Example 2:
  • Clark that stung him swatted the wasp with a newspaper.
  • Clark, with a newspaper, swatted the wasp that stung him.
• Example 3:
  • Janne decided to live with her grandparents in order to SAVE MONEY when she attended college.
  • Joan decided to live with her grandmothers until she saved enough money to attend College.
• Example 4:
  • Paula returned the hamburger that was spoiled to the supermarket.
• Example 5:
  • Roger, still weak with the flue, visited the old house.
• Example 6:
  • The phone rang almost fifteen times last night.
• Example 7:
  • My uncle, under the influence of whisky, saw a Kangaroo at the window.
• Example 8:
  • On the day she was born, we decided to send our daughte to the college.
• Example 9:
  • Ford opens ALWAYS the bills... saw a baboon scramled onto the hood of their car. 

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Example 1

I almost caugt a hundred lightning bug.

• No caughted

 

Example 2

Misplaced: Driving to work, the coffee spilled all over my lap.

• It looks like coffee is being drived, thus it is modifiers.

 

Corrected: While I was driving to work, .................

Example 3

Misplaced: While eating some salmon, my plate fell on the kitchen floor.

• it seems that the plate is eating

Corrected: While I was eating some salmon, ......

 

Example 4:

Misplaced: Running down the street, my shoelace tripped me.

Corrected: While I was running down, I was tripped by my shoelace.