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055 Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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How to Use Modifiers to Improve Your Writing

It's easiest to get modifiers right when you keep them as close as possible to the thing they're modifying. Whatever the phrase refers to, should immediately follow the comma. For example, squiggly was frightened that the rocks would land on the campsite. The word Artvark pondered the hillside's beauty.

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