ACT Test Prep - Misplaced Modifiers

It helps avoid confusion and ambiguity in sentences.

It makes writing more colorful and creative.

It allows writers to use longer sentences.

It eliminates the need for punctuation.

Adjective

Adverb

Preposition

Participial phrase

He almost received as much applause as the winner.

He received almost as much applause as the winner.

The event only was publicized once.

The event was publicized only once.

It uses passive voice.

It lacks a clear subject performing the action.

It contains a misplaced prepositional phrase.

It uses an incorrect verb tense.

Because she was a talented writer, her book sold a record number of copies.

A talented writer, her book sold a record number of copies.

Her book sold a record number of copies because she was a talented writer.

She sold a record number of copies of her book because she was talented.

Avoid awkward separations of subject and verb

Keep coordinate grammatical elements together

Use ambiguous modifiers

Separate verb phrases unnecessarily

To memorize grammar rules

To apply proper modifier placement rules to improve sentence clarity

To write essays

To learn new vocabulary