Modifiers #2
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Modifiers #2
A sentence may have a modifier – a word
that describes or limits the meaning of
another word.
 A modifier may be an adjective – a word
that describes a noun or pronoun.
Example: The green car rode on the street.
adj. s. v.
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A modifier may be an adverb – a word that
usually describes a verb, an adjective, or
another adverb. When it describes a verb, it
tells how, when, where, or to what degree
the action of a verb has done.
Example: The girl danced gracefully.
adv.
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A phrase is a group of related words that is less than a
sentence because it lacks a subject and a verb.
Example: The house with the black door is our house.
(phrase)
A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb.
Example: We will not leave the house
(main clause)
unless it stops raining.
(subordinate clause –dependent on the main
clause for meaning)
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A dangling modifier occurs when there is no word in the
sentence to which it can logically or grammatically refer,
making the meaning of the sentence unclear or
ridiculous.
Incorrect: Walking along the riverside, the bridge came into
view.
(The bridge is not walking along the riverside.)
Correct:
When the man was walking along the riverside,
the bridge came into view.
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