A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that provides additional information about another word or group of words in the sentence. This additional information changes, or modifies, the meaning of the word. For example, in the phrase ……

Readers’ expectations are to see modifiers placed next to the words they modify. When this is not the case, two types of modifier problems can result: misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. A writer’s ability to ……