Can someone explain to me dangling and miss placed modifiers?
There are generally two types of such grammatical problems that go together: misplaced modifiers and dangling participles. These errors cause a sentence to be more confusing, rather than clearer. They generally occur when the modifier is some distance from the word it modifies. They often can be avoided by placing the modifier as near as possible to the word modified. Example: Misplaced modifier: The cell phone only cost fifteen dollars. Correct: The cell phone costs only fifteen dollars. Probably one of the most flagrant and sometimes comical errors is the dangling participle. Examples: Filled with flowers, my friend has a beautiful garden. Implies that the friend was filled with flowers. A child was struck by a car bicycling to school. Implies that the car was bicycling to school. The evening passed by eating popcorn and snacks. Implies that the evening was eating popcorn and snacks. Hope this helps a little.
