Eg: (Only) Sheena gave me (only) Rs 5 (only) to clean the board (only). As seen in the above sentence the placement of ‘only’ at different places changes the meaning of the sentence. Hence, the ...
A dangling modifier is a word or phrase describing a subject that is missing from the sentence. This can lead the reader to misinterpret what the author means and apply the modifier to the wrong ...
What is wrong with these sentences? Hopping briskly through the vegetable garden, John saw a toad. Gently warmed in the oven and smothered in cream cheese, my friends loved the bagels. To be really ...
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The magic that resumptive modifiers can do
IN last week's column we discussed the resumptive modifier. We saw that by using a key word in the main clause as the subject or theme of the relative phrases that come after it, we can eliminate ...
Modifiers are words or phrases or clauses that provide description in sentences. Take a look at these sentences. Meera dropped her snack box. (A sentence without any modifier) Poor Meera, who was in a ...
MODIFIERS give us information about a noun or pronoun in a sentence. They are important because they help to paint the true picture of the information we seek to convey to our reader or listener. The ...
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