Dangling modifiers #1
The sentences in red contain dangling modifiers. Would you please check if the way I have rewritten them is correct? Thank you
Hopping briskly through the vegetable garden, John saw a toad.
(John saw a toad that was hopping briskly through the vegetable garden.)
Gently warmed in the oven and smothered in cream cheese, my friends loved the bagels.
(My friends loved the bagels that were gently warmed in the oven and smothered in cream cheese.)
To be really filling, you could add some boiled potatoes to the salad.
(you could add some boiled potatoes to the salad to be really filling.)
Top answer
Hopping briskly through the vegetable garden, John saw a toad. This is not a dangling modifie r. It is correct grammar, but it means that John was hopping briskly through the vegetable garden.
- Hopping briskly through the vegetable garden, John saw a toad.
- This is not a dangling modifie r.
- It is correct grammar, but it means that John was hopping briskly through the vegetable garden.
- It is a modifier that is in the wrong place .
- The intended meaning is of course as you have rewritten the sentence.
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Hopping briskly through the vegetable garden, John saw a toad. This is not a dangling modifier. It is correct grammar, but it means that John was hopping briskly through the vegetable garden. It is a modifier that is in the wrong place. The intended meaning is of course as you have rewritten the sentence.
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To make a really filling salad, you can add some boiled potatoes.
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