Misplaced+Modifiers

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 * Visit the following link and learn about misplaced modifiers.**

http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduledangling.htm


 * Visit the following links.**

http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleDangling.htm

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-misplaced-modifiers.html

http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/2008/03/misplaced-modifiers/

http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/misplaced_modifier.htm

http://www.twobells.com/Writing_Online/rayas-dungeon/03.htm
 * These are good!**

http://www.eddiesnipes.com/2011/07/funny-dangling-and-misplaced-modifiers/
 * These are the best:**


 * When you think that you have misplaced modifiers figured out take the quiz!**

It's show time! To see if you've got the hang of writing sentences with correctly placed modifiers, rewrite each of the following bollixed-up sentences. Did you get these nice clear revisions?
 * Quiz **
 * 1) The writer read from his new book wearing glasses.
 * 2) You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
 * 3) As we begin, I must ask you to banish all information about the case from your mind, if you have any.
 * 4) A superb and inexpensive restaurant; fine food expertly served by waitresses in appetizing forms.
 * 5) Many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech at the end of the meeting and promised their support.
 * 6) For sale: An antique desk suitable for a lady with thick legs and large drawers.
 * 7) For sale: Several very old dresses from grandmother in beautiful condition.
 * 8) Wanted: Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink.
 * 9) For sale: Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with a round bottom for efficient beating.
 * 10) We almost made a profit of $10.
 * Answers **
 * 1) Wearing glasses, the writer read from his new book. (Or: The writer, wearing glasses, read from his new book.)
 * 2) Daily, except Thursday, you are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried.
 * 3) As we begin, I must ask you to banish any information about the case from your mind.
 * 4) A superb and inexpensive restaurant; fine food in appetizing forms is served expertly by waitresses.
 * 5) At the end of the meeting, many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech and promised their support.
 * 6) For sale: An antique desk with thick legs and large drawers suitable for a lady.
 * 7) For sale: Several very old dresses in beautiful condition from grandmother.
 * 8) Wanted: Man that does not smoke or drink to take care of cow.
 * 9) For sale: Mixing bowl set with round bottoms for efficient beating designed to please a cook.
 * 10) We made a profit of almost ten dollars.

Read more: [|Common Usage Dilemmas: Misplaced Modifiers: Lost and Found | Infoplease.com] [|http://www.infoplease.com/cig/grammar-style/misplaced-modifiers-lost-found.html#ixzz2RIPnCkYI]


 * Write 5 of your own sentences with the modifiers misplaced and then correct it!**


 * I would now like you to write a sentence with misplaced modifiers and illustrate it! The illustration should look funny. Then write the sentence correctly and illustrate it. The illustration should look normal.**