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SAT Practice Tutorials

Modifiers - Misplaced and Dangling

What Are Modifiers? (with Examples)A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause which functions as an adjective or an adverb to describe a word or make its meaning more specific.Examples of ModifiersModifiers can play the roles of adjectives or adverbs.

Modifiers As Adjectives

When a modifier is an adjective, it modifies a noun or a pronoun. (In these examples, the modifiers are underlined, and the words being modified are bold).
  • Lee caught a small mackerel.
  • (Here, the adjective small modifies the noun mackerel.)
  • Lee caught another one.
  • (Here, the adjective another modifies the pronoun one.)
Modifiers As Adverbs

When a modifier is an adverb, it modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. For example:
  • Lee accidentally caught a small whelk.
  • (Here, the adverb accidentally modifies the verb caught.)
  • Lee caught an incredibly small mackerel.
  • (Here, the adverb incredibly modifies the adjective small.)
  • Lee supposedly accidentally caught a small whelk.
  • (Here, the adverb supposedly modifies the adverb accidentally.)
A Modifier Can Be a Phrase or a ClauseDon't forget that phrases and clauses can play the roles of adjectives and adverbs too. For example:
  • Lee caught a mackerel smaller than a Mars bar.
  • (This is an adjective phrase modifying the noun mackerel.)
  • Lee caught a mackerel of tiny proportions.
  • (This is a prepositional phrase functioning as an adjective. It modifies the noun mackerel.)
  • Lee caught a mackerel which was smaller than a Mars bar.
  • (This is an adjective clause modifying mackerel.)
  • When alone, Lee tried to catch mackerel.
  • (This is an adverbial phrase (of time) modifying the verb tried.)
  • When we left him alone, Lee set up his rod to catch mackerel.
  • (This is an adverbial clause (of time) modifying the verb set up.)
Dangling modifiers from Sean Petro




Imprecise and Redundant Writing

Parallel Structure

SAT Reading Comprehension Practice - Prose Fiction

 Reading Passage Tips

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