Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Today's topic is misplaced modifiers. carolina grammar hey everybody somebody can help me to correct my hwm of danglin modifiers.After accomplishing many deeds of valor, Adrew Jackson's fame led to his election to the president in 1828 and 1832 http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=20968#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=20968#Comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:30:51 GMT Mohamed grammar great explainig i really understood http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=20848#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=20848#Comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:35:58 GMT JoC grammar wow, this is alot to read, either way...ppl dont even care about how they write(unless you have to write a letter for a job interview)other than that, its all good!!!!!!!! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=19529#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=19529#Comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:10:52 GMT BIG grammar i'm not gonna' read all this! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=19526#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=19526#Comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:48:59 GMT will domen grammar yeah its me again, let me get them digits girl. you are playing games with me grammar girl. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=19401#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=19401#Comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:18:37 GMT Val grammar That was relaly helpful! Thank you... your site is bookmarked now! ^^ I just recently learned that apparently, I have a very bad habit of using these without even noticing, so thanks for the help! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=16772#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=16772#Comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:37:00 GMT jazzi grammar lolx http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=16032#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=16032#Comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:13:05 GMT Cattie grammar I'm not sure if this is a misplaced modifier or not, but I heard a hilarious syntax error on a medicine commercial today. The announcer was warning about side effects, and he said, "Patients taking aspirin or the elderly need to consult their doctor..." It sounded like he was talking about patients who take aspirin and patients who take the elderly...! :) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=15412#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=15412#Comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:42:57 GMT nikcole grammar ok well what's the misplaced modifier in this sentence Around the corner the sign reads forty-five miles per hour http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=15291#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=15291#Comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:45:17 GMT Twill grammar Beg to differ about "I only ate vegetables." That could mean that (1) I was the only person in the group that ate the vegetables, [which usage would prefer commas around "only"] (2) I ate them, but didn't cook or wash or grow them, or (3) vegetables were the only thing I ate [which would be better served by moving "only" to the other side of "ate"]. Any of those meanings are plausible from the syntax, so context would have to provide the key to decoding the sentence. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=14605#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx?commentid=14605#Comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:00:17 GMT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:30:51 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/misplaced-modifiers.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us