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Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat - mc grawhill part 56', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 540 McGRAW-HILL S SAT Lesson 8 Other Misplaced Modifiers The Law of Proximity Any modifier should be as close as possible to the word it modifies. Of course there are many other kinds of modifying phrases besides participial phrases and you should familiarize yourself with them. Misplaced Prepositional Phrases Prepositional phrases are modifying phrases. They are sometimes adjectives which means they modify nouns Example The dog in the car was barking. The prepositional phrase answers the question which dog They may also be adverbs which means they modify verbs adjectives or other adverbs Example David walked into the pole. The prepositional phrase answers the question where did David walk Like any modifying phrase a prepositional phrase can be misplaced. Wrong A splendid example of late synthetic cubism Picasso painted Three Musicians in the summer of 1924. Of course Picasso is not an example of synthetic cubism so the appositive is dangling. Better A splendid example of late synthetic cubism Three Musicians was painted by Picasso in the summer of 1924. Better Picasso painted Three Musicians a splendid example of late synthetic cubism in the summer of 1924. Misplaced Infinitives Recall from Lesson 3 that an infinitive is the basic to _form of a verb that usually serves as a noun as in I love to shop. Infinitives can also serve as adjectives Example We have a lot more math problems to do. It answers the question what kind of problems are they They can also serve as adverbs Example We are working to earn money for the trip. It answers the question why are we working Wrong As a physician it was difficult for me to see such suffering. The prepositional phrase as a physician answers the question what is my role So it modifies I not it Right As a physician I found it difficult to see such suffering. Misplaced Appositives An appositive is a noun phrase that accompanies and expands another noun as in Franklin the only one of us who owned a car agreed to drive us all

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