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Patterns For College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader And Guide

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In the textbook “Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide”, pages 84-86 explain modifiers, parallelism, and when to use commas. Each of these are very important when you are editing and proofreading. To avoid confusion we fix things like misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, parallel sentence structures, and insert or exert commas. Making it easier for the reader to understand the message of the writing. Modifiers are words or phrases that describe other words or phrases in a sentence. The modifiers are usually placed close to the word it modifies. There are two wrong ways to use a modifier. One way is placing the word or phrase in the incorrect place. For example “I only walked around.” and “Only I walked around.”.
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