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== Modifiers, qualifiers | == Modifiers, intensifiers & qualifiers == | ||
=== modifiers === | === modifiers === | ||
* modifiers change or add or "modify" the meaning of a word or sentence | * modifiers change or add or "modify" the meaning of a word or sentence | ||
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** absolute phrase | ** absolute phrase | ||
** Nouns as modifiers | ** Nouns as modifiers | ||
=== intensifiers === | === intensifiers === | ||
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* [https://school4schools.com/wiki/index.php?title=Word_Parts_of_Speech_%26_Grammar_Rules#very for Parts of Speech entry on "Very" (s4s wiki)] | * [https://school4schools.com/wiki/index.php?title=Word_Parts_of_Speech_%26_Grammar_Rules#very for Parts of Speech entry on "Very" (s4s wiki)] | ||
=== qualifiers === | |||
* qualifiers limit, or "qualify," the meaning of a word | |||
* types of qualifiers: | |||
>> to do | |||
=== Modifier errors: dangling & misplaced modifiers === | |||
* '''modifier'' includes adjectives, adverbs, and modifying phrases such as prepositions or adjective clauses | |||
* '''dangling modifier''' | |||
** a modifier that has no noun to modify | |||
*** ex. | |||
* '''misplaced modifier''' | |||
** an adjective that is next to or attempts to modify the wrong noun | |||
*** ex. ''The student failed the test in the back of the class" | |||
**** correct: ''The student in the back of the class failed the test" | |||
== Sentence diagramming == | == Sentence diagramming == | ||