Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Misplaced Modifer

After living in the south for one third of my life, my grammar has really struggled. I tend to write the same way that I talk. A misplaced modifier is when the words appear somewhat backward to logical order. For example in the sentence.... I put the pie in the fridge that I baked. I didn't bake the fridge. The sentence should say.... I put the pie that I baked in the fridge. Here is a great source of information about misplaced modifiers

http://winrow.wordpress.com/2006/05/29/need-to-know-grammar-misplaced-modifiers/

1 comment:

  1. That sentence you used as an example was perfect. I've heard people talk like that. I wonder if being from the south really does affect that. Interesting for sure.

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