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Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive...
Chapter Objectives
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The focus of this chapter is recognizing, revising, and avoiding misplaced, dangling, and disruptive modifiers that will frustrate readers.
The chapter objectives that follow will help you figure out whether you have really mastered the material presented in this chapter.
After reading this chapter and completing its exercises, you should be able to:
- Explain to another student how a modifier is properly used to limit the meaning of another word group
- Explain to another student how a modifier's location can affect the meaning of a sentence
- Recognize and revise modifiers that are squinting, misplaced, dangling, and disruptive
- Avoid split infinitives
- Use absolute phrases effectively
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