EAP 140 PM - WANG, Lingshan - Week 8 2/4

We should move awkwardly placed modifiers.

e.g. Beijing, after 1949, became Chinese capital.(wrong)

     After 1949， Beijing become Chinese capital.(right)

We ought to avoid split infinitives when they are awkward.

e.g. Students in this class study hardly to design clothes.(wrong)

     Students in this class study to design clothes hardly.(right)

We need to repair dangling modifiers.

e.g. We need to manage our time, learning is short.(wrong)

     We need to manage our time, the time of leaning is short.(right)

Two ways to revise our sentences:

1) Name the actor of the subject of the sentence.

2) Name the actor of the modifier.