Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers You have a certain amount of freedom in deciding where to place yourmodifiers in a sentence: We rowed the boat vigorously. We vigorously rowed the boat. Vigorously we rowed the boat. However‚ you must be careful to avoid misplaced modifiers -- modifiers that are positioned so that they appear to modify the wrong thing. In fact‚ you can improve your writing quite a bit by paying attention to basic problems like misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. Misplaced Words
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My Father: The Person I Admire Most Over time‚ there have been several people who have influenced various aspects of my life‚ based on their personal characteristics‚ accomplishments‚ and values. I have been privileged to have had numerous teachers and professors who I respect for their patience and intelligence. There are artists that have inspired me by their natural talents and original creativity. I value many political leaders‚ who have inspired me by their contributions to society‚ and
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What attribute do you most admire about your character‚ and what attribute do you least admire about your character? The attribute that I most admire about my character is that I am very patient. It is hard to get me frustrated or mad because of this. I can last a very long time with little kids. I believe that patients has helped me accomplish this. Others have told me before that I am very patient with kids. The Attribute that I least admire about myself would be that I can be unproductive at
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‘A Person I Admire’ Conor Duffy 11 (4) The person I admire is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was born on 8th January 1894 and died on 14th August 1941.He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland. He was canonized on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II‚ and declared a martyr of charity. He is the patron saint of drug addicts; political prisoners; families; journalists; prisoners; amateur radio; and
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not on your own terms‚ if it looks good to the world‚ but it does not feel good in your heart‚ it’s not success at all.” I’ve been a faithful viewer of the “KTLA Morning News” for the past two years. During these two years‚ I’ve gotten to know about and admire a very prominent and well respected anchor news reporter named Michaela Pereira. Michaela Pereira has been with the “KTLA Morning News”‚ since February‚ 2004. However‚ she began her television career in Canada‚ where she was born and raised.
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the traditional approach to the adverbial modifiers of purpose and condition and on their representation in terms of groups and phrases. An adverbial modifier is a secondary par of the sentence which modifies or renders more precise a verb‚an adjective or another adverb. Adverbial modifiers of purpose‚representing the reflection of the adverbial clause of the purpose on the plane of the syntax of the simple sentence.Usually‚such adverbial modifiers are introduces by ‘in order to’(interpreted
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defining moment in Canadian history because; Canadian women were finally considered persons; women could own property in their name without a man; and there was now a little bit of equality between men and women. Canadian women were finally considered persons because of five women from Alberta who took the case as high as the British Privy Council to make women legally persons [1]. Women are not "qualified persons" within the meaning of section 24 of the B.N.A. Act‚ 1867‚ and therefore are not eligible
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One of the people I really admire is a Polish physicist and chemist woman‚ full of courage and determination to investigate radioactivity. My admiration is not only for her talent but also for the fact that during the 19th Century‚ not many people could think about a woman changing millions of lives with her full-time studies‚ especially if she came from a poor family. That is the reason why Marie Curie’s generosity deserves our grateful thanks. Since she was a child‚ Marie Curie knew that the greatest
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Although its New Year’s Eve‚ I don’t know what I want to do anymore. What could or would happen in the new‚ upcoming year? Is it ever going to stop? Will something be done to stop it? I don’t know anything anymore… At first it was just about our education‚ now it’s gotten worse. It’s happening non-stop. We hear more shouts‚ cries and there’s nothing we can do to help HER. Today‚ in the kitchen‚ he slapped one of us just because. I peeked from the library. SHE was busy but managed to stop him
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In “Enough About You” (2006)‚ Brian Williams argues that people today are very self-absorbed and that media and culture revolve around this way of thinking. He develops his idea by pointing out that America today is not the same as it used to be (“Diaries once sealed under lock and key are now called blogs. Intimacies that were once whispered into the phone are now announced unabashedly into cell phones…”)‚ especially because the “culture” nowadays surrounds the self-centered way of thinking through
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