NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
Logical Arrangement, Continued
Other modifiers Sometimes, nouns and special forms of verbs may modify other nouns.
Examples:
evening prayer, office building, mine field
NOUN MODIFIERS:
acting leader, broken leg, revised letter
VERB MODIFERS:
A modifier is misplaced if it modifies the wrong part of the sentence or we can't tell
Avoid
what it's supposed to modify.
misplaced
modifier
Examples:
She served hamburgers to the men on paper plates.
MISPLACED:
CLEAR: She served the men hamburgers on paper plates.
Those who exercise often lose weight
UNCLEAR:
CLEAR: Those who exercise lose weight often.
CLEAR: Those who often exercise lose weight.
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