Ms. López March 7th, 2012.  A modifier can be an adjective, an adverb, or a phrase or clause acting as an adjective or adverb.  In every case, the basic.

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Ms. López March 7th, 2012

 A modifier can be an adjective, an adverb, or a phrase or clause acting as an adjective or adverb.  In every case, the basic principle is the same: the modifier adds information to another element in the sentence.

In general, you should place single- word modifiers near the word or words they modify, especially when a reader might think that they modify something different in the sentence.

Example: After our conversation lessons, we could understand the Spanish spoken by our visitors from Madrid easily. Do we understand the Spanish easily, or do the visitors speak it easily? This revision eliminates the confusion

It is particularly important to be careful about where you put limiting modifiers. These are words like "almost," "hardly," "nearly," "just," "only," "merely," and so on. Many writers regularly misplace these modifiers. You can accidentally change the entire meaning of a sentence if you place these modifiers next to the wrong word

Example: We almost ate all of the Thanksgiving turkey. We didn´t almost eat it?

Example: 1. By accident, he poked the little girl with his finger in the eye. 2. I heard that my roommate intended to throw a surprise party for me while I was outside her bedroom window.

 A squinting modifier is an ambiguously placed modifier that can modify either the word before it or the word after it. In other words, it is "squinting" in both directions at the same time

Example: Defining your terms clearly strengthens your argument. does defining "clearly strengthen" or does "defining clearly" strengthen? Defining your terms will clearly strengthen your argument. OR A clear definition of your terms strengthens your argument.

 Inserting a word or words between the "to" and the verb of an infinitive creates what is known as a split infinitive. The marketing team voted to, before they launched the new software, run an anticipatory ad campaign. WRONG! The marketing team voted to run an anticipatory ad campaign before they launched the new software.

 A dangling modifier is usually a phrase or an elliptical clause – a dependent clause whose subject and verb are implied rather than expressed – that functions as an adjective but does not modify any specific word in the sentence, or (worse) modifies the wrong word.

Example: Raised in Nova Scotia, it is natural to miss the smell of the sea. Raised in Nova Scotia, I often miss the smell of the sea The introductory phrase looks as if it is meant to modify a person or persons But no one is mentioned in the sentence! ??? Does the phrase modifies “it”? It was raised in Nova Scotia, it is natural to miss the smell of the sea? Not logical!!! Who was raised in Nova Scotia? I! Correct!

A dangling modifier can also appear when you place an elliptical clause improperly. Although nearly finished, we left the play early because we were worried about our sick cat. Although the play nearly finished, we left early because we were worried about our sick cat. Does it modify We? Does it modify the play?