EXERCISE S3–2 Awkward and misplaced modifiers

EXERCISE S3–2Awkward and misplaced modifiers

Example:

The applicants who only submitted one reference were disqualified from consideration.

The applicants who submitted only one reference were disqualified from consideration.

In the second sentence, the adverb only comes before the word it modifies, the adjective one.

For more help, see Sections S3-a to S3-d.