By 
Emma Bryce
 | 
TED-Ed Original

How misused modifiers can hurt your writing

Modifiers are words phrases and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence—which is usually helpful. But when modifiers aren't linked clearly enough to the words they're actually referring to they can create unintentional ambiguity. Emma Bryce navigates the sticky world of misplaced dangling and squinting modifiers.

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