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MISPLACED MODIFIERS AND DANGLING MODIFIERS: 17 GOOGLE SLIDES

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Standard English Conventions – Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your ...
TES

SPaG - PowerPoint on complex sentences with -ing verbs & dangling modifiers, also an activity

This is a PowerPoint explaining how to make complex sentences with -ing verbs. It also explains what dangling modifier errors are with an example. There is also an activity making sentences with ...
Santa Clara University

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

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 ...
Slate

Why Dangling Modifiers Aren’t the Real Problem

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The Punch on MSN

Spot the error: 'The guy cut the grass, trimmed the flowers, and the house was swept'

In the context of faulty parallelism, the topic we started discussing last week, spot the error in this sentence: The guy cut the grass, trimmed the flowers, and the house was swept. Whatever your ...
The Economist

The real problem with dangling participles

READING THIS sentence, it may occur to you that something is slightly awry with it. Or you may not notice anything wrong at all. The first three words are a “dangling modifier”. This writing fault has ...
StarTribune

Dangling modifiers, misplaced commas muddy your writing

Here's a grab bag of gifts for those who want to remove common errors from their writing. Common error No. 1: Misuse of a plural verb. "In the end, neither the ...