Sentence examples similar to modifies phrasing from inspiring English sources

The modifying phrase dangles, with nothing to modify.

Remember that when a participle construction, appositive or other modifying phrase starts a sentence, the person or thing being described should generally come directly after the modifying phrase.

(Also, the modifying phrase "called roaming fees" has roamed awfully far from what it modifies, "charges").

The noun being referred to should come immediately after the modifying phrase.

The first noun or pronoun after the introductory modifying phrase should be the thing the phrase describes.

It is Mr. Kushner who is being compared to Mort Zuckerman, so that noun should come immediately after the modifying phrase.

That's because the modifying phrase follows the noun, as any fool can plainly see, to use a locution of the well-remembered Pappy Yokum.

The first two pages convey a reluctant witness, interjecting such modifying phrases as "in a certain manner" and "to a certain degree".

The person described by the modifying phrase, Mr. Kaido, does come immediately after the phrase — but as a possessive modifier, not as a noun.

When a modifying phrase precedes the main clause of a sentence, the person or thing being described should come right after that phrase.

Remember, the modifying phrase — in this case, "like so many others" — should be followed immediately by the noun or pronoun that the modifier refers to.