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Misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers are two different grammatical errors; misplaced modifiers make the action or verb of the sentence belong to the wrong subject. For example; I found it difficult to mount the horse wearing skinny jeans. In the context of the sentence it sounds like the horse is wearing skinny jeans instead of yourself.
Dangling modifiers are similar to misplaced modifiers but not quite the same.
Dangling modifiers are sections of the sentence that are wrongfully put in a certain area of the sentence, resulting again in the verb or action to the wrong subject. For example; While smoking a pipe, my dog sat with me by the crackling fire. In this context it sounds as if the dog is who's smoking the pipe.
Examples and explanations:
~ While eating my sandwich, five mosquitoes bit me.
The context makes it appear the mosquitoes are eating the sandwich.
~ My uncle saw a kangaroo at the window under the influence of whiskey.
This sounds like the Kangaroo was under the influence of whiskey.
~ I saw mountains of uncollected trash walking along the city streets.
It's contexted to make it sound like the mountains of trash were literally walking down the street.
Corrections:
~ While I was eating my sandwich, five mosquitoes came and bit me.
~ When my uncle was under the influence of whiskey, he saw a kangaroo at the window.
~ Walking along the city streets, I saw mountains of trash.
Dangling modifiers are similar to misplaced modifiers but not quite the same.
Dangling modifiers are sections of the sentence that are wrongfully put in a certain area of the sentence, resulting again in the verb or action to the wrong subject. For example; While smoking a pipe, my dog sat with me by the crackling fire. In this context it sounds as if the dog is who's smoking the pipe.
Examples and explanations:
~ While eating my sandwich, five mosquitoes bit me.
The context makes it appear the mosquitoes are eating the sandwich.
~ My uncle saw a kangaroo at the window under the influence of whiskey.
This sounds like the Kangaroo was under the influence of whiskey.
~ I saw mountains of uncollected trash walking along the city streets.
It's contexted to make it sound like the mountains of trash were literally walking down the street.
Corrections:
~ While I was eating my sandwich, five mosquitoes came and bit me.
~ When my uncle was under the influence of whiskey, he saw a kangaroo at the window.
~ Walking along the city streets, I saw mountains of trash.