Deborah Waid June 12,2014

Managing Misplaced ModifiersManaging Misplaced Modifiers

Misplaced ModifiersDangling ModifiersAdjective & Adverb Modifiers

Deborah Waid June 12,2014

Textbooks are priced at twenty dollars for this class. NO. Is the

twenty dollars for the class or the textbooks cost $20.00 ?

Textbooks for this class are priced for twenty dollars. YES

Yuki speaks English not good. NO! Verb”Speaks” Needs an

Adverb NOT an Adjective!

Yuki does not speak English very well. YES. The adverb modifies

the verb SPEAK.

Printed in boldface, students studied carefully. NO Dangling

Students studied the key words, printed in boldface. YES

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Flipping to the third chapter, the past tense verbs look difficult.NO

.Flipping to the third chapter, Yuki believed the verbs were difficult.YES

Q & A's

● Adjective modifiers modify______________?● Adverb modifiers modify________________?● Danglers dangle___where and why________?

Long-term goal

● Be able to identify and revise misplaced modifiers

● Use your “ TELL” words wisely● When writing, it is “Quality Over Quantity”

● Each sentence is incorrect and worth 25 points.● Identify all errors and rewrite sentence

correctly.● Check your work carefully!● Quiz is due tomorrow by NOON. Please send

it via my email account: ddwaid45@gmail.com. Thanks!

Short Quiz

You can do it!!

Quiz

● The waiter brought the steak to the man covered with mushrooms.

● Flying over the mountaintops, several deer herds could be seen.

● Walking on the ceiling, he noticed a very large insect.

● After sitting down, the exam began.

Please Evaluate This Tutorial

● What new ideas did you learn about “MMs” not M&Ms? ( hahaha)

● What did you like most about this PPT?● What do you like least about this PPT?● On a scale of 1-10 ( 10 highest) use your

wiles and evaluate this tutorial. You do know what “ Wiles '' means? If not, please look it up.

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Acknowledgements

Throughout my twenty plus years of teaching writing and reading to the hundreds of sixth graders to college students, I hope that

you will carry and use the English language with care and respect. English has so many exceptions to its rules that it's no wonder that

we teachers need to check our details carefully and maybe so do you! I thank two very dog -eared books , Grammar in Practice by

Lesli J. Favor,Ph.Dand The Writer's Handbook by Rosa Eschholz