A phrase or clause placed awkwardly in a sentence so that it appears to modify or refer to an unintended word.
Example sentencesExamples
I stabbed the article I was editing with my pencil, skewering a misplaced modifier with a flourish.
Closer editing would have helped the book and eliminated misspellings, misplaced modifiers, and cliches.
Americans may sometimes find the prose a bit daunting, the occasional Anglicism, misplaced modifier, and passive voice requiring a thorough rereading.
The FCPT tests students' skills in coordination and subordination, logic, and misplaced modifiers; none of these concepts are covered in the developmental English course.
He brings up some examples of dangling / misplaced modifiers in text: you know them, they show up in those lists of bloopers, like Lying on the beach, mosquitoes attacked me.
Definition of misplaced modifier in US English:
misplaced modifier
noun
Grammar
A phrase or clause placed awkwardly in a sentence so that it appears to modify or refer to an unintended word.
Example sentencesExamples
I stabbed the article I was editing with my pencil, skewering a misplaced modifier with a flourish.
The FCPT tests students' skills in coordination and subordination, logic, and misplaced modifiers; none of these concepts are covered in the developmental English course.
He brings up some examples of dangling / misplaced modifiers in text: you know them, they show up in those lists of bloopers, like Lying on the beach, mosquitoes attacked me.
Closer editing would have helped the book and eliminated misspellings, misplaced modifiers, and cliches.
Americans may sometimes find the prose a bit daunting, the occasional Anglicism, misplaced modifier, and passive voice requiring a thorough rereading.