a
word, phrase, or
clause that is
improperly
separated from
the word it
modifies /
describes
 Modifiers
are
words, phrases, or
clauses that
provide
description in
sentences.
Riley ate a cold dish of cereal for
breakfast this morning.
 Correct
the error by placing the
adjective next to the noun it
modifies.
 The
adjective cold modifies
cereal.
 An
adverb is a word that
changes or qualifies the
meaning of a verb, adjective,
other adverb, clause,
sentence or any other word or
phrase
 How? In what way?, When?
Where? To what extent?
 Haley
ate the lunch she made
slowly.
 Haley
slowly ate the lunch she
made.
 Miss
Geiger said on Monday she
would return our essays.
A
dangling modifier is a phrase or
clause that is not clearly and
logically related to the word or
words it modifies .
Now the sentence means that I was looking toward the west.
Correction
Method #2 :
 Change the dangling
modifier phrase to a
subordinate clause, creating
a subject and verb.
 Leave the rest of the
sentence as it is.
Some examples provided by:
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduledangling.htm