26c Revise dangling modifiers.

26c
Revise dangling modifiers.

Dangling modifiers are words or phrases that modify nothing else in the rest of a sentence. They often seem to modify something that is implied but not actually present in the sentence. Dangling modifiers frequently appear at the beginnings or ends of sentences.

DANGLING Driving nonstop, Salishan Lodge is two hours from Portland.
REVISED Driving nonstop from Portland, you can reach Salishan Lodge in two hours.

To revise a dangling modifier, often you need to add a subject that the modifier clearly refers to; sometimes you have to turn the modifier into a phrase or a clause.

image

In the original sentence, was the dog reluctant, or was someone else who is not mentioned reluctant?

image

His grandmother was never a young boy.

image

Eyes cannot thumb through a magazine.