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Rishonly Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
MISPLACED MODIFIER
Hello Teachers,
I was going through a grammar guide that listed some examples for misplaced modifiers. However, the guide didn't explain the reason.
(1) Princess Anne is the daughter of Queen Elizabeth and a noted equestrian performer. Last year, the 37-year-old daughter of the Queen and her horse finished fourth in the National Hunt at Hereford.
In my understanding, the above sentence means the 'horse' is also 37 years old. Am I right?
(2) The learned scholar taught a course last semester in sexual harrassment at Emory University.
What is the misplaced modifier in the this sentence?
I was going through a grammar guide that listed some examples for misplaced modifiers. However, the guide didn't explain the reason.
(1) Princess Anne is the daughter of Queen Elizabeth and a noted equestrian performer. Last year, the 37-year-old daughter of the Queen and her horse finished fourth in the National Hunt at Hereford.
In my understanding, the above sentence means the 'horse' is also 37 years old. Am I right?
(2) The learned scholar taught a course last semester in sexual harrassment at Emory University.
What is the misplaced modifier in the this sentence?
Top answer
(1) No. The age of the horse is not the issue. The fear is that, because of the order of the words, the reader will think we are talking about the daughter of both the queen and the horse.
- (1) No.
- The age of the horse is not the issue.
- The fear is that, because of the order of the words, the reader will think we are talking about the daughter of both the queen and the horse.
- (2) The ambiguity is between two possible courses which were taught: "Sexual Harassment" (in general) or "Sexual Harassment at Emory University".
- Placing "last semester" after "harassment" would create a clearer message.
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(1) No. The age of the horse is not the issue. The fear is that, because of the order of the words, the reader will think we are talking about the daughter of both the queen and the horse.
(2) The ambiguity is between two possible courses which were taught: "Sexual Harassment" (in general) or "Sexual Harassment at Emory University". Placing "last semester" after "harassment" wou
(2) The ambiguity is between two possible courses which were taught: "Sexual Harassment" (in general) or "Sexual Harassment at Emory University". Placing "last semester" after "harassment" wou
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Hello Krish
(1) Princess Anne is the daughter of Queen Elizabeth and a noted equestrian performer. Last year, the 37-year-old daughter of the Queen and her horse finished fourth in the National Hunt at Hereford.Please compare it with "Princess Anne is the only daughter of the Queen and her husband". If you don't like to provoke the British people loyal to the Queen, it wo
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