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== Modifiers, qualifiers & intensifiers ==
== 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
=== qualifiers ===
* qualifiers limit, or "qualify," the meaning of a word
* types of qualifiers:
>> to do


=== 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 ==