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When are modifiers used?
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According to “A Commonsense Guide to Grammar and Usage: Third Edition” written by Mark Lester “modifiers are words that describe or give additional information about other words in a sentence.” You can modify many different of speech such as nouns, verbs, adverbs, or adjectives.
Here are a couple examples:
She has a red ball.
'Red' modifies the noun 'ball' by providing additional descriptive information about the ball. So you see with a noun, in English, the modifier goes before the noun.
He walks slowly.
The word 'slowly' modifies the verb 'walks' because it adds descriptive information to tell the reader how the verb is being done. Note that the modifier goes after the verb!
Now be careful when using modifiers. There is such a thing as a dangling modifier and a misplaced modifier. These are incorrect ways of using modifiers.
Here is a web link for more information on modifiers: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/m.html#modifier.
Here are a couple examples:
She has a red ball.
'Red' modifies the noun 'ball' by providing additional descriptive information about the ball. So you see with a noun, in English, the modifier goes before the noun.
He walks slowly.
The word 'slowly' modifies the verb 'walks' because it adds descriptive information to tell the reader how the verb is being done. Note that the modifier goes after the verb!
Now be careful when using modifiers. There is such a thing as a dangling modifier and a misplaced modifier. These are incorrect ways of using modifiers.
Here is a web link for more information on modifiers: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/m.html#modifier.
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