1. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Dangling Modifiers College Writing Skills, 5E and College Writing Skills with Readings, 5E John Langan Chapter Thirty-Three

2. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Dangling Modifiers A modifier that opens a sentence must be followed immediately by the word it is meant to describe. Otherwise, the result is a

3. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Dangling Modifiers Here’s an example: Jumping from limb to limb, the spectators at the zoo were delighted by the monkeys. (The spectators weren’t jumping, were they?)

4. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Dangling Modifiers That’s the trouble with Your sentences take on an unintended meaning. Let’s correct the sentence about the monkeys.

5. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Dangling Modifiers Incorrect: Jumping from limb to limb, the spectators at the zoo were delighted by the monkeys.Correct: Jumping from limb to limb, the monkeys delighted the spectators at the zoo. How did the sentence change?

6. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Dangling Modifiers We put the subject right after the opening word group. Jumping from limb to limb, the delighted the spectators at the zoo. Can we fix the sentence another way?

7. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Dangling Modifiers Yes! We can place the subject within the opening word group. While the were jumping from limb to limb, they delighted the spectators at the zoo. Let’s review...

8. College Writing Skills / CWS with Readings, 5E2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Correcting Dangling Modifiers Decide on a logical subject, and do one of the following: 1. Place the subject right after the opening word group.OR 2. Place the subject within the opening word group.