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Don’t you just love misplaced modifiers?

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I’ve been muttering to myself in French for the past 20 minutes and I’m sick of it

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INCREDIBLE TRICK TO GET ROCK SOLID HARD-ONS FOUND IN THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM

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#amwriting: squinting modifiers

This week we are going to look at two structural errors that introduce ambiguity into our narrative.

First up is the hilariously named squinting modifier. Who thinks up these things? The first time I came across that expression, I thought it was a joke. However, in the world of writing, a “squinting modifier” is simply a type of misplaced modifier. According to Neal at Literal Minded, the term…

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#garden-path sentence #introducing ambiguity into the narrative #misplaced modifier #proper use of relative pronouns #squinting modifier