I learned about misplaced modifiers. I learned that modifiers are words or phrases that modify something else. I also learned that only is a modifier. The modifier usually is placed somewhere close to the subject. I also learned that a "dangling modifier" describes something that isn't even in your sentence. Something that I found interesting was that you can make a modifier squint by words or phrases that modify something.
Examples:
1. I play only Basketball. (This means that Basketball is the only sport that I play.)
2. I only play Basketball. (This means that I only play Basketball, and don't do anything else.
Modifiers:Words or Sentence Modifiers are words or sentences that that can mean something like for example "I played in the football game." and or " I wanted to play in the football game." I understand that in text when you are reading some books the author can say something and the reader can take it as meaning something else then what the author really said.
This podcast talked about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are errors we commonly do when we write our first draft. Sometimes we do these errors because we know what we want to say, but we can’t express it in our writing. The modifier should be placed close to the word they are modifying. I learned about dangling modifiers which express something that isn’t even in the sentence.
Ex: The dog almost ran around the yard twenty times. The dog ran around the yard almost twenty times.
Ex: After reading the article, the article remains unconvincing
Revision: After reading the article, I still find it unconvincing.
Podcast number 55 was about misplaced modifiers. When I read the title of the podcast, I had no clue what it was going to be about. Then she explained that misplaced modifiers "are modifiers that modify something you didn't intend them to modify." I think that this was a good episode to listen to now that we seniors are going to be writing our college essays. :)
Examples:
Smiling, the beautiful rose was spotted by Linda. (Wrong) Smiling, Linda spotted the beautiful rose. (Correct)
Climbing the tree, the ground hit Richard. (Wrong) Climbing the tree, Richard slipped and hit the ground.(Correct)
Responses:
I really liked the second examples Noheli used. I think she understood what grammar girl was saying.
I don't think Richard quite understood this episode. I think the reason his examples have two different meanings is simply because he added a verb to the second one, nothing is misplaced.
1. I think Noheli understood the Grammar Girl episode and gave good examples that explain the roles of modifiers.
2. I think that Jackelyng really understood this episode of Grammar Girl, since she gave really good examples of modifiers and their function in a sentence. Also, I personally liked her examples.
podcast #55 misplace modifiers: The modifiers are easy to understand. But in order to understand them you have to really pay attention to get it. Modifiers are just similar words or phrases that mean different things. The words "only" and "almost" are easy to misplace.For example:
I paint only portraits.
I only paint portraits.
For the first sentence its saying that I paint only portraits, not sculptures or paintings. For the second sentence its saying all I did with the portraits was paint them. I didnt copy the or I didnt use them.
IN GRAMMER GIRL EPISODE #55 SHE'S TALKING ABOUT MISPLACED MODIFIERS. MISPLACED MODIFIERS ARE PPHRASES OR WORDS THAT MODIFY SOMETHING ELSE.A DANGLING MODIFIER DESCRIBES SOMETHING THAT ISN'T EVEN IN YOUR SENTENCE.
EX 1: I GO ONLY SHOPPING EVERY OTHER DAY. MEANS THAT I DONT SHOP EVERYDAY.
EX 2: EVERY OTHER DAY I ONLY GO SHOPPING. MEANS I EVERY OTHER DAY ALL I DO IS SHOP.
REVISION:I LIKED BREANNAS EXAMPLES IT SHOWS SHE UNDERSTOOD THE GRAMMER GIRL.I ALSO LIKED NAVPREETS EXAMPLES.
Grammar girl #55 was about Misplaced Modifiers.misplaced modifiers are kinda tricky because they can modify something you didn't mean For example: Jan found a gold man's watch, this sentence implies that the man is gold. An example of a correctly modified sentence would be: Jan found a man's gold watch. This sentence implies that the watch is actually gold. Grammar girl also talks about dangling modifiers which describes something that isn't in your sentence. For example: To improve his results, the experiment was done again. If you write your sentences like this people won't really understand what your talking about.
Response #1: I liked navpreet's explanation of the grammar girl I felt really informed when i read it.
Response #2: I dont think richard chatman really understood the grammar girl. when you misplace modifiers your actually mixing up the words and implying differnt ideas. Its not so much using different words.
Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences was the topic of this grammar it simply talked about how it is ok to use "as" to star a sentence. and you can ues as but how you what come after it you should look out for. As a mom i work hard for my kids. uesing it by saying the person then the info is uesing it the right way over all this grammar girl was a good one because it told you how to uess as in the right way.
This podcast was about misplaced modifiers. Modefiers are words or phrases that modify something else. Example: "I go to practice only on saturdays."(wrong) "I only go to practice on saturdays."(right). I also learned about dangling modifiers. A "dangling modifier" describes something that isn't in your sentence.
Response#1 I liked the way Navpreet provided examples on how you can make a modifier squint by words or phrases that modify something. Response#2 Way to go jackelyn! you provided 2 great examples instead of 1.
Wow, this is the first time I've heard of misplaced modifiers; along with dangling and squinting modifiers. But I think I got the gist of it now. A misplaced modifier is when the intended meaning of a sentence is changed depending on the placement of the word.
A misplaced modifier could be done when someone says, "You nearly broke my heart twice" but means, "You broke my heart nearly twice."
Then dangling modifiers could be used like... "Finally! while running pass the finish line, the crowd went wild". This implies that the wild crowd is crossing the finish line, rather than the unexpressed racer; right?
i didnt know that there was a word for that i misplace modifiers all the time but i dont see them until i read wat i wrote.i learnd that there could be two sentences that sound the same but they mean something a little driffrent then the other one.
The Grammar Girl # 5 podcast talked about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are errors we commonly do when we are writing our first drafts. At times we do these errors because we know what we want to say, but arent able to express it in our writing. The modifier should be placed close to the word you are modifying. I also learned about dangling modifiers. Dangling modifiers express something that isn’t even in the sentence.
Examples 1a.) Interested, the beautiful heels were spotted by Sydney. 1b.) Interested, Sydney spotted the beautiful heels.
2a.) Looking away, the softball hit Alyssa. 2b.) Looking away, because she wasnt looking the ball hit Alyssa.
Comments 1. As always Jackie was clear in her understanding of modifiers. Her examples really clarified what I had trouble understanding. 2. Bri's examples were short and simple. I liked how her example was straight to the point. "I paint only portraits." "I only paint portraits."
This Gramar Girl Episode was about modifiers. Modifiers modify a subject and need to be places at a certain position in the sentence in order to be interpreted correctly. For example: To say I eat only fish would mean that you eat only fish as opposed to a larger category: meat. But to say, I only it fish would mean that fish is the only thing that you eat. -Gregory Holmes (3rd period)
This episode was about wrong modifiers: misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and squinting modifiers. Modifiers are words or phrases that modify something else. Misplaced modifiers are modifiers that modify something you didn't intend them to modify. A dangled modifier describes something that isn't even in your sentence. A squinting modifier could mean two different things. It's easy to misuse modifers, which makes sentences funny and nonsense. I realized how important proofreading is!
*examples : 1. Left alone, tears streamed down her face. (wrong, tears can't be left alone.) Left alone, she shed a shower of tears. (right)
2. Written in haste, I made some mistakes in the letter. (wrong) Written in haste, my letter had some mistakes. (right)
*responses : 1. I liked Alyssia's comment. It was very well organized, which made me want to read it. Her examples were good. Though, I think that "Looking away, Alyssia was hit by the ball"(2b) is correct. 2. andre's example of dangling modifier was good. "While running the finish line, crowd went wild." Even though one intended that crowd went wild when the runner reached finish line, this sentence has totally different meaning.
Listening to Grammar Girl, I wondered how Grammar Girl comes up with her topics. (no dangling modifier!) Language is contextual, so her claim that there is only one correct way to convey a certain meaning strikes me as wrong. I agree that saying "I failed almost every class" carries a different meaning than "I almost failed every class," but I think that "I ate only vegetables" and "I only ate vegetables" convey the same meaning. If I want to modify the meaning to suggest that I don't harvest or grow vegetables, I would emphasize the word "ate."
I liked the example of the gold man's watch. It reminded me of a really bad joke in Mary Poppins: Q: Did you hear the one about the man with the wooden leg named Smith? A: What was the name of his other leg?
The correct version would be "Did you hear the one about Smith with the wooden leg?" But I like the joke!
I learned about modifiers and how to place them in sentences to make them sound better. I also learned how not to make the modifiers sound wrong she told us just how to fit them in sentences.
period 6 H English Navapreet: I liked his example because it has to do with basketball and also because he explanes it very well. Alyssa: I liked her answer because it is very well put together and orginzed.
Podcast #55 talks about misplacing and squinting modifiers. Modifiers are words or phrases that help modify something else. A modifier is,usually, placed right before the word they modify. Misplacing modifiers is a very common mistake. Squinting modifiers describes something that isn't even in the sentence.
Ex:
Misplacing Modifier:
Randy almost ate the whole steak.[In this sentence, "almost" suggests that Randy did not eat but almost ate the steak.]
Randy ate almost the whole steak. [In this sentence, Randy almost finished they entire steak.]
Squinting Modifier: Beginning runners who practice running often will improve their times. [The modifier "often" may describe either practice or will improve.]
1.Beginning runners who practice running will often improve their times.
2.Beginning runners who often practice running will improve their scores.
Responses:
I liked Noheli's example because it seems like she understood the podcast.
I agree with Jackelyng, that this was a good podcast for us seniors writing the personal essay. I also liked her examples.
The Grammar Girl episode was about misplaced modifiers. Before I read the episode I thought it was going to be extremely difficult to understand because of the title. I learned that modifiers are words or phrases that modify something else. I also learned that dangling modifiers describe something that isn't in your sentence.
Examples: Wrong- I ate a hot dish of oatmeal cereal for breakfast.
Correct- I ate hot oatmeal for breakfast.
Response # 1- Jazmine Preacely did an excellent with her examples because they were easy to comprehend.
Response # 2- I think that Alyssa Pablo examples rock!
what i learned from Grammar girls podcast # 55 is about misplace modifiers. misplaced modifiers are words or phrases that modify something that u didn't attempt to modify. for example I'm going to loose all my games is a sentence that describes how i will loose my games and the sentence all my games are going to loose me. that describes my games are going to loose me because I'm not going to play games anymore. Grammar girls says that we should fix our modified words to get our point across because the reader isn't going to know what we mean and we have to be clear and careful how we use our sentences. Cristian Morales p5
Misplaced Modifiers: Misplaced modifiers are the most common mistakes people make when writing, and there most likely to confuse the readers. Two examples of misplaced modifiers are 1)The girl in a short skirt was walking her dog. 2)The girl was walking her dog in a short skirt.
In Grammer Girl, Misplaced Modifiers are pretty self explanatory. I already knew how to point out the mistakes in phrases that may send out the wrong message, but the Grammer girl made it more clear to me and now I know exactly how to catch them anywhere.
The one that really stood out to me is the one about failing art class. for example, she describes in Grammer girl that:
1.I almost failed every art class I took.
Which means I barely passed those classes.
2.I failed almost every art class I took.
This means that she failed most the art classes she ever took.
Response: Richard Chatman I believe understood it as well. Its pretty clear that he knows how to catch misplaced modifiers.
Response: Natalie Ruiz also knows what she is talking about as well.
Podcast #55 was about misplaced modifiers. I learned that misplaced modifiers are modifiers that modify things you didn't intend to modify. The modifier is usually placed close to the subject.
Examples:
1.I play only Football(That says the only sport I play is Football)
2.I only play Football(This means I only play Football, and don't do anything else)
Responses: 1. Richards was cool because it explained it very well and so was Jackie's it was very explanatory.
What I learned about in the grammar girl #5 is that you really have to be careful with modifiers. Misplaced Modifiers can really make a really big difference in what you are saying. It changes the meaning to what you are saying, misplaced modifiers can make it mean two different things.
Podcast #55 talked about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are words or phrasrs that modify something else. Modifiers should be placed close to the word they are modifying. They can also make a sentence mean two different things if they are not put together correctly.
Ex. I LISTEN TO ONLY HIPHOP ON WEEKENDS. I ONLY LISTEN TO HIPHOP ON WEEKENDS.
EX. I ATE ONLY FRENCH FRIES FROM BK. I ONLY ATE FRENCH FRIES FROM BK.
rESPONCE #1 - jackelyn had really good examples. helped me understand better. #2 - aLYSSA ALSO HAD GOOD EXAMPLES. SHE ROCKS. LOL
PETER ALL OF UR EXAMPLES DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ABOUT FOOTBall. LOL & GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE YANKS FTBALL TOMORROW. YOU GUYS BETTER WIN. OR ELSE. # 6 & # 8 & #4
Podcast #55 This section was basically about the misplace words that are put after modifiers, giving the sentence a meaning that was unintended. The modifiers are most of the time misplaced and put next to the subject changing the entire meaning of the sentence.
Ex. Covered with mud, Daniel was afraid to to step on the rug and ruin it.
Covered with mud, the rug was stepped by Daniel and ruined.
GRAMMAR GIRL #55 IS ABOUT MISPLACED MODIFIER. MISPLACED MODIFIER ARE DONE BY EVERYONE AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THEY HAVE DONE THEM BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN AND JUST KEEP READING OVER THEM IN THEIR ROUGH DRAFTS. MODIFIERS CAN ALSO BE DANGLE OR SQUINT. WHEN YOU PUT A MODIFIER HAT REFERS TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT EVEN IN THE SENTENCE IT IS A DANGLING MODIFIERS. A SQUINTING MODIFIER IS ONE THAT IS PUT BETWEEN TO THINGS THAT IT CAN MODIFY AT THE SAME TIME.
EXAMPLE #1 I ONLY LIKE WARM RAIN. THIS MEANS THAT THE ONLY THING I LIKE IS WARM RAIN.
I LIKE ONLY WARM RAIN. THIS MEANS THAT I LIKE RAIN THAT IS WARM.
Grammar Girl podcast #55 was about misplaced modifiers. Modifiers are words or phrases that are used to modify something else. Dangling modifiers express something that isn't even in the sentence. This would help me out to write better essays.
In this weeks podcast grammar girl talked about misplaced modifiers. Modifiers are words or phrases that modify something something else. When a misplaced modifier occurs the word that is the modifier modify's something that wasnt suppose to be modified. Many people do these errors when they use the word "only". A dangling modifier describes something that isn't even in your sentence. As for me Im pretty sure i've made a couple of misplaced modifiers errors.
Example # 1
I only dance in parties. (incorrect)
I dance only in parties. (correct)
Example # 2
Distracted by the bird, Jane hit almost the car.(incorrect)
Distracted by the bird, Jane almost hit the car.(correct)
Response # 1
In my opinion I think Alyssa did a great job wth her second example.
Response # 2
I think Richard Chapman didnt understand the podcast very well and had some problems creating his own examples.
This week podcast #55, was about misplaced modifers. While listening to the podcast, I understood that modifers are just what the sound like a word or pharse that modify something else, Misplaced modifers are modifers that modify something you didnt intend them to modify.
Ex.
1.)"I almost lost a loved one." "I lost almost a loved one."
2.)"Almost every game they lost" "Every game the almost lost"
Responses
1. Alyssa understood the meaning on how to use misplace modifers correctly, she had great examples.
2. Chely didn't understand the podcast because her examples didn't make sense. (Sorry)
Grammar Girl quick and dirty tips for better witting is brought to you by Lakiarrajose and Michelle. today's lesson is on double comparison. Amber from "Grammar-vill" asked "after my little brother Jellybeans won in the game of connect four two times in a row he chanted i am more better than you! and it got me to thinking was Jellybeans using it in the wrong way? can you help me Grammar Girl. um. let see now if you like to read the dictionary like i do then you would find the answer to Amber's question easily. double comparison using the same plural sound back to back for example Jellybeans said i am more better than you
the podcast talks about misplaced modifiers. it talks about whta modifiers are which are words or phrases that modify something eles.for example the word "only" is a modifier. also it talk about dangling modifiers which describes soemthing that isnst even in your sentence.
This grammar girl podcast was about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are usually in sentences that is describing something else other than what the reader gets confused in. A sentence would be describing another subject while it doesn't make sense to you what the writer meant with that sentence. That one word could also change the entire meaning of that sentence.
Examples:
I only went to my friend's house. (I went to my friend's house but not my sister's house.)I can include my sister in this example because it is specifically talking about my friend.
I went only to his house. (I didn't go to all of the houses.)
Podcast number 55 was about misplaced modifiers. When first reding the grammar girl I was confused on what exactly she was talking about. Then she explained that misplaced modifiers "are modifiers that modify something you didn't really want them to be modified. Modifiers are words that modify somthing else.
ex;The boy only eats candy.
ex. He is the only boy that eats candy.
I also think that Jacies was very well explained. I like how she referred our senior(YAYAYAY class of 09) essays into it, becuase now in my essay im going to use modifiers.
I think Kristinas was not very explanatory. she stuck to the same examples. Next time read all of the grammar girl
46 comments:
I learned about misplaced modifiers. I learned that modifiers are words or phrases that modify something else. I also learned that only is a modifier. The modifier usually is placed somewhere close to the subject. I also learned that a "dangling modifier" describes something that isn't even in your sentence. Something that I found interesting was that you can make a modifier squint by words or phrases that modify something.
Examples:
1. I play only Basketball. (This means that Basketball is the only sport that I play.)
2. I only play Basketball. (This means that I only play Basketball, and don't do anything else.
Navpreet Singh
Period 6
Modifiers:Words or Sentence
Modifiers are words or sentences that that can mean something like for example "I played in the football game." and or " I wanted to play in the football game." I understand that in text when you are reading some books the author can say something and the reader can take it as meaning something else then what the author really said.
This podcast talked about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are errors we commonly do when we write our first draft. Sometimes we do these errors because we know what we want to say, but we can’t express it in our writing. The modifier should be placed close to the word they are modifying. I learned about dangling modifiers which express something that isn’t even in the sentence.
Ex: The dog almost ran around the yard twenty times.
The dog ran around the yard almost twenty times.
Ex: After reading the article, the article remains unconvincing
Revision: After reading the article, I still find it unconvincing.
Podcast number 55 was about misplaced modifiers. When I read the title of the podcast, I had no clue what it was going to be about. Then she explained that misplaced modifiers "are modifiers that modify something you didn't intend them to modify." I think that this was a good episode to listen to now that we seniors are going to be writing our college essays. :)
Examples:
Smiling, the beautiful rose was spotted by Linda.
(Wrong)
Smiling, Linda spotted the beautiful rose.
(Correct)
Climbing the tree, the ground hit Richard.
(Wrong)
Climbing the tree, Richard slipped and hit the ground.(Correct)
Responses:
I really liked the second examples Noheli used. I think she understood what grammar girl was saying.
I don't think Richard quite understood this episode. I think the reason his examples have two different meanings is simply because he added a verb to the second one, nothing is misplaced.
Responses:
1. I think Noheli understood the Grammar Girl episode and gave good examples that explain the roles of modifiers.
2. I think that Jackelyng really understood this episode of Grammar Girl, since she gave really good examples of modifiers and their function in a sentence. Also, I personally liked her examples.
Navpreet Singh
Period 6
podcast #55
misplace modifiers:
The modifiers are easy to understand. But in order to understand them you have to really pay attention to get it. Modifiers are just similar words or phrases that mean different things. The words "only" and "almost" are easy to misplace.For example:
I paint only portraits.
I only paint portraits.
For the first sentence its saying that I paint only portraits, not sculptures or paintings.
For the second sentence its saying all I did with the portraits was paint them. I didnt copy the or I didnt use them.
period 3
Breanna Pittman
IN GRAMMER GIRL EPISODE #55 SHE'S TALKING ABOUT MISPLACED MODIFIERS. MISPLACED MODIFIERS ARE PPHRASES OR WORDS THAT MODIFY SOMETHING ELSE.A DANGLING MODIFIER DESCRIBES SOMETHING THAT ISN'T EVEN IN YOUR SENTENCE.
EX 1: I GO ONLY SHOPPING EVERY OTHER DAY.
MEANS THAT I DONT SHOP EVERYDAY.
EX 2: EVERY OTHER DAY I ONLY GO SHOPPING.
MEANS I EVERY OTHER DAY ALL I DO IS SHOP.
REVISION:I LIKED BREANNAS EXAMPLES IT SHOWS SHE UNDERSTOOD THE GRAMMER GIRL.I ALSO LIKED NAVPREETS EXAMPLES.
Grammar girl #55 was about Misplaced Modifiers.misplaced modifiers are kinda tricky because they can modify something you didn't mean For example: Jan found a gold man's watch, this sentence implies that the man is gold. An example of a correctly modified sentence would be: Jan found a man's gold watch. This sentence implies that the watch is actually gold. Grammar girl also talks about dangling modifiers which describes something that isn't in your sentence. For example: To improve his results, the experiment was done again. If you write your sentences like this people won't really understand what your talking about.
Response #1: I liked navpreet's explanation of the grammar girl I felt really informed when i read it.
Response #2: I dont think richard chatman really understood the grammar girl. when you misplace modifiers your actually mixing up the words and implying differnt ideas. Its not so much using different words.
Modifying Phrases at the Beginning of Sentences was the topic of this grammar it simply talked about how it is ok to use "as" to star a sentence. and you can ues as but how you what come after it you should look out for. As a mom i work hard for my kids. uesing it by saying the person then the info is uesing it the right way over all this grammar girl was a good one because it told you how to uess as in the right way.
i like you Examples
This podcast was about misplaced modifiers. Modefiers are words or phrases that modify something else. Example: "I go to practice only on saturdays."(wrong) "I only go to practice on saturdays."(right). I also learned about dangling modifiers. A "dangling modifier" describes something that isn't in your sentence.
Response#1 I liked the way Navpreet provided examples on how you can make a modifier squint by words or phrases that modify something.
Response#2 Way to go jackelyn! you provided 2 great examples instead of 1.
Wow, this is the first time I've heard of misplaced modifiers; along with dangling and squinting modifiers. But I think I got the gist of it now. A misplaced modifier is when the intended meaning of a sentence is changed depending on the placement of the word.
A misplaced modifier could be done when someone says, "You nearly broke my heart twice" but means, "You broke my heart nearly twice."
Then dangling modifiers could be used like... "Finally! while running pass the finish line, the crowd went wild". This implies that the wild crowd is crossing the finish line, rather than the unexpressed racer; right?
i didnt know that there was a word for that i misplace modifiers all the time but i dont see them until i read wat i wrote.i learnd that there could be two sentences that sound the same but they mean something a little driffrent then the other one.
I can relate to things like that because it has happened to me alot of time once i meant to write :
"I ate all types of foods they had at the buffet."
i wrote : "I ate all foods there was at the buffet."
Alyssa Pablo
Period 3
H English
The Grammar Girl # 5 podcast talked about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are errors we commonly do when we are writing our first drafts. At times we do these errors because we know what we want to say, but arent able to express it in our writing. The modifier should be placed close to the word you are modifying. I also learned about dangling modifiers. Dangling modifiers express something that isn’t even in the sentence.
Examples
1a.) Interested, the beautiful heels were spotted by Sydney.
1b.) Interested, Sydney spotted the beautiful heels.
2a.) Looking away, the softball hit Alyssa.
2b.) Looking away, because she wasnt looking the ball hit Alyssa.
Comments
1. As always Jackie was clear in her understanding of modifiers. Her examples really clarified what I had trouble understanding.
2. Bri's examples were short and simple. I liked how her example was straight to the point.
"I paint only portraits."
"I only paint portraits."
This Gramar Girl Episode was about modifiers. Modifiers modify a subject and need to be places at a certain position in the sentence in order to be interpreted correctly. For example: To say I eat only fish would mean that you eat only fish as opposed to a larger category: meat. But to say, I only it fish would mean that fish is the only thing that you eat.
-Gregory Holmes (3rd period)
This episode was about wrong modifiers: misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and squinting modifiers.
Modifiers are words or phrases that modify something else. Misplaced modifiers are modifiers that modify something you didn't intend them to modify. A dangled modifier describes something that isn't even in your sentence. A squinting modifier could mean two different things.
It's easy to misuse modifers, which makes sentences funny and nonsense. I realized how important proofreading is!
*examples :
1. Left alone, tears streamed down her face. (wrong, tears can't be left alone.) Left alone, she shed a shower of tears. (right)
2. Written in haste, I made some mistakes in the letter. (wrong)
Written in haste, my letter had some mistakes. (right)
*responses :
1. I liked Alyssia's comment. It was very well organized, which made me want to read it. Her examples were good. Though, I think that "Looking away, Alyssia was hit by the ball"(2b) is correct.
2. andre's example of dangling modifier was good. "While running the finish line, crowd went wild." Even though one intended that crowd went wild when the runner reached finish line, this sentence has totally different meaning.
(Juhyun Kim, period 3)
Responses:
#1 I am unsure if Lakierra really understood the podcast. She did not give any examples.
#2 Jackelyng had very good examples to understand misplaced modifiers. It helped me comprehend the subject more.
-Noheli Jimenez
Listening to Grammar Girl, I wondered how Grammar Girl comes up with her topics. (no dangling modifier!) Language is contextual, so her claim that there is only one correct way to convey a certain meaning strikes me as wrong. I agree that saying "I failed almost every class" carries a different meaning than "I almost failed every class," but I think that "I ate only vegetables" and "I only ate vegetables" convey the same meaning. If I want to modify the meaning to suggest that I don't harvest or grow vegetables, I would emphasize the word "ate."
I liked the example of the gold man's watch. It reminded me of a really bad joke in Mary Poppins: Q: Did you hear the one about the man with the wooden leg named Smith?
A: What was the name of his other leg?
The correct version would be "Did you hear the one about Smith with the wooden leg?" But I like the joke!
Jacob Artson, Period 6
I learned about modifiers and how to place them in sentences to make them sound better. I also learned how not to make the modifiers sound wrong she told us just how to fit them in sentences.
I learned that misplaced modifiers are modifiers that modify something you didn't intend them to modify.
Ex: I only played softball for 2 hours.
Ex: I almost played softball for only 2 hours.
period 6 H English
Navapreet: I liked his example because it has to do with basketball and also because he explanes it very well.
Alyssa: I liked her answer because it is very well put together and orginzed.
Podcast #55 talks about misplacing and squinting modifiers. Modifiers are words or phrases that help modify something else. A modifier is,usually, placed right before the word they modify. Misplacing modifiers is a very common mistake.
Squinting modifiers describes something that isn't even in the sentence.
Ex:
Misplacing Modifier:
Randy almost ate the whole steak.[In this sentence, "almost" suggests that Randy did not eat but almost ate the steak.]
Randy ate almost the whole steak.
[In this sentence, Randy almost finished they entire steak.]
Squinting Modifier:
Beginning runners who practice running often will improve their times.
[The modifier "often" may describe either practice or will improve.]
1.Beginning runners who practice running will often improve their times.
2.Beginning runners who often practice running will improve their scores.
Responses:
I liked Noheli's example because it seems like she understood the podcast.
I agree with Jackelyng, that this was a good podcast for us seniors writing the personal essay. I also liked her examples.
Ana Santiago
Period:3
The Grammar Girl episode was about misplaced modifiers. Before I read the episode I thought it was going to be extremely difficult to understand because of the title. I learned that modifiers are words or phrases that modify something else. I also learned that dangling modifiers describe something that isn't in your sentence.
Examples: Wrong- I ate a hot dish of oatmeal cereal for breakfast.
Correct- I ate hot oatmeal for breakfast.
Response # 1- Jazmine Preacely did an excellent with her examples because they were easy to comprehend.
Response # 2- I think that Alyssa Pablo examples rock!
what i learned from Grammar girls podcast # 55 is about misplace modifiers. misplaced modifiers are words or phrases that modify something that u didn't attempt to modify. for example I'm going to loose all my games is a sentence that describes how i will loose my games and the sentence
all my games are going to loose me. that describes my games are going to loose me because I'm not going to play games anymore. Grammar girls says that we should fix our modified words to get our point across because the reader isn't going to know what we mean and we have to be clear and careful how we use our sentences.
Cristian Morales
p5
Misplaced Modifiers:
Misplaced modifiers are the most common mistakes people make when writing, and there most likely to confuse the readers. Two examples of misplaced modifiers are
1)The girl in a short skirt was walking her dog.
2)The girl was walking her dog in a short skirt.
In Grammer Girl, Misplaced Modifiers are pretty self explanatory. I already knew how to point out the mistakes in phrases that may send out the wrong message, but the Grammer girl made it more clear to me and now I know exactly how to catch them anywhere.
The one that really stood out to me is the one about failing art class. for example, she describes in Grammer girl that:
1.I almost failed every art class I took.
Which means I barely passed those classes.
2.I failed almost every art class I took.
This means that she failed most the art classes she ever took.
Response: Richard Chatman I believe understood it as well. Its pretty clear that he knows how to catch misplaced modifiers.
Response: Natalie Ruiz also knows what she is talking about as well.
PETER B Per.3....
Podcast #55 was about misplaced modifiers. I learned that misplaced modifiers are modifiers that modify things you didn't intend to modify. The modifier is usually placed close to the subject.
Examples:
1.I play only Football(That says the only sport I play is Football)
2.I only play Football(This means I only play Football, and don't do anything else)
Responses:
1. Richards was cool because it explained it very well and so was Jackie's it was very explanatory.
What I learned about in the grammar girl #5 is that you really have to be careful with modifiers. Misplaced Modifiers can really make a really big difference in what you are saying. It changes the meaning to what you are saying, misplaced modifiers can make it mean two different things.
Christina Ruiz Period.3
Podcast #55 talked about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are words or phrasrs that modify something else. Modifiers should be placed close to the word they are modifying. They can also make a sentence mean two different things if they are not put together correctly.
Ex. I LISTEN TO ONLY HIPHOP ON WEEKENDS.
I ONLY LISTEN TO HIPHOP ON WEEKENDS.
EX. I ATE ONLY FRENCH FRIES FROM BK.
I ONLY ATE FRENCH FRIES FROM BK.
rESPONCE
#1 - jackelyn had really good examples. helped me understand better.
#2 - aLYSSA ALSO HAD GOOD EXAMPLES. SHE ROCKS. LOL
PETER ALL OF UR EXAMPLES DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ABOUT FOOTBall. LOL
& GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE YANKS FTBALL TOMORROW. YOU GUYS BETTER WIN. OR ELSE.
# 6 & # 8 & #4
Podcast #55
This section was basically about the misplace words that are put after modifiers, giving the sentence a meaning that was unintended.
The modifiers are most of the time misplaced and put next to the subject changing the entire meaning of the sentence.
Ex.
Covered with mud, Daniel was afraid to to step on the rug and ruin it.
Covered with mud, the rug was stepped by Daniel and ruined.
GRAMMAR GIRL #55 IS ABOUT MISPLACED MODIFIER. MISPLACED MODIFIER ARE DONE BY EVERYONE AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THEY HAVE DONE THEM BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN AND JUST KEEP READING OVER THEM IN THEIR ROUGH DRAFTS. MODIFIERS CAN ALSO BE DANGLE OR SQUINT. WHEN YOU PUT A MODIFIER HAT REFERS TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT EVEN IN THE SENTENCE IT IS A DANGLING MODIFIERS. A SQUINTING MODIFIER IS ONE THAT IS PUT BETWEEN TO THINGS THAT IT CAN MODIFY AT THE SAME TIME.
EXAMPLE #1
I ONLY LIKE WARM RAIN.
THIS MEANS THAT THE ONLY THING I LIKE IS WARM RAIN.
I LIKE ONLY WARM RAIN.
THIS MEANS THAT I LIKE RAIN THAT IS WARM.
PERIOD 5
Grammar Girl podcast #55 was about misplaced modifiers. Modifiers are words or phrases that are used to modify something else. Dangling modifiers express something that isn't even in the sentence. This would help me out to write better essays.
Ex. 1
I read only comic books.
Ex. 2
I only read comic boks.
In this weeks podcast grammar girl talked about misplaced modifiers. Modifiers are words or phrases that modify something something else. When a misplaced modifier occurs the word that is the modifier modify's something that wasnt suppose to be modified. Many people do these errors when they use the word "only". A dangling modifier describes something that isn't even in your sentence. As for me Im pretty sure i've made a couple of misplaced modifiers errors.
Example # 1
I only dance in parties.
(incorrect)
I dance only in parties.
(correct)
Example # 2
Distracted by the bird, Jane hit almost the car.(incorrect)
Distracted by the bird, Jane almost hit the car.(correct)
Response # 1
In my opinion I think Alyssa did a great job wth her second example.
Response # 2
I think Richard Chapman didnt understand the podcast very well and had some problems creating his own examples.
-Zenaida Carrillo Per.3
This week podcast #55, was about misplaced modifers. While listening to the podcast, I understood that modifers are just what the sound like a word or pharse that modify something else, Misplaced modifers are modifers that modify something you didnt intend them to modify.
Ex.
1.)"I almost lost a loved one."
"I lost almost a loved one."
2.)"Almost every game they lost"
"Every game the almost lost"
Responses
1. Alyssa understood the meaning on how to use misplace modifers correctly, she had great examples.
2. Chely didn't understand the podcast because her examples didn't make sense. (Sorry)
this podcast talks about modifiers. modifiers are words that modify something. the modifiers should be placed to the words that are modifying.
example 1:
written really fast had a lot of mistakes in my easy.(wrong)
written really fast, my easy had mistakes.
example 2:
i play tenis. (wrong)
i only play tenis(right)
response 1:
i think navpreet really understood the podcast and he had good examples to it.
response 2:
and i think noheli understood the podcast and provided really good examples to it.
Grammar Girl quick and dirty tips for better witting is brought to you by Lakiarrajose and Michelle. today's lesson is on double comparison. Amber from "Grammar-vill" asked "after my little brother Jellybeans won in the game of connect four two times in a row he chanted i am more better than you! and it got me to thinking was Jellybeans using it in the wrong way? can you help me Grammar Girl. um. let see now if you like to read the dictionary like i do then you would find the answer to Amber's question easily. double comparison using the same plural sound back to back for example Jellybeans said i am more better than you
the podcast talks about misplaced modifiers. it talks about whta modifiers are which are words or phrases that modify something eles.for example the word "only" is a modifier. also it talk about dangling modifiers which describes soemthing that isnst even in your sentence.
Examples:
1.paul only plays football
2. i play only football.
This grammar girl podcast was about misplaced modifiers. Misplaced modifiers are usually in sentences that is describing something else other than what the reader gets confused in. A sentence would be describing another subject while it doesn't make sense to you what the writer meant with that sentence. That one word could also change the entire meaning of that sentence.
Examples:
I only went to my friend's house.
(I went to my friend's house but not my sister's house.)I can include my sister in this example because it is specifically talking about my friend.
I went only to his house.
(I didn't go to all of the houses.)
Responses
*I liked Jackelyn's examples and how she related her examples. I feel like she understood it well.
*I also liked Jazzypt's examples. I thought they were unique and different than most people's examples.
Podcast number 55 was about misplaced modifiers. When first reding the grammar girl I was confused on what exactly she was talking about. Then she explained that misplaced modifiers "are modifiers that modify something you didn't really want them to be modified. Modifiers are words that modify somthing else.
ex;The boy only eats candy.
ex. He is the only boy that eats candy.
I also think that Jacies was very well explained. I like how she referred our senior(YAYAYAY class of 09) essays into it, becuase now in my essay im going to use modifiers.
I think Kristinas was not very explanatory. she stuck to the same examples. Next time read all of the grammar girl
-courtnei johnson per 3
This Gramma Girl explain modifiers.Modifiers are word phares that be use in a sentence.
Ex. I only enjoy going to the movies on the weekends.
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