“I only saw the movie once. She bought a vase for the table with red flowers.”
Grammar Entry 253 / 1011 60-second read
Misplaced Modifier
A descriptive word or phrase that's placed too far from the word it describes.
The comparisoni
“I saw the movie only once. She bought a vase with red flowers for the table.”
The ruleii
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MISPLACED MODIFIER = placed away from the word it modifies.
Modifiers naturally attach to the closest noun, creating wrong meanings.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Put the modifier next to the word it describes.