Question

Read the following sentence with misplaced modifiers:


My favošite toys were Legos and a chemistry set growing up; the most fun of all was using the chemicals to melt the plastic bricks to me.


Which revision places the modifiers correctly?


Growing up my favorite toys were Legos and a chemistry set; the most fun of all was using the chemicals to melt the plastic bricks, to me.


My favorite toys, growing up, were Legos and a chemistry set; the most fun of all was using the chemicals to melt the plastic bricks to me.


My favorite toys were Legos and a chemistry set, growing up; the most fun of all to me was using the chemicals to melt the plastic bricks.


Growing up, my favorite toys were Legos and a chemistry set; to me, the most fun of all was using the chemicals to melt the plastic bricks.

Answer 1

The best to revise this sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is by changing the position of "to me" at the beginning of the second clause (last option).

What is a misplaced modifier?

This occurs if the modifier (word or clause describing another word) has been placed in an incorrect position, which causes the sentence to be incoherent or unclear.

Why does the sentence include a misplaced modifer?

The clause "the most fun of all was using the chemicals to melt the plastic bricks to me" suggest the speaker used the chemicals on his/her body, which is illogical.

How to revise the sentence?

The best is to place correctly the modifer "to me" as "to me, the most fun of all was using the chemicals to melt the plastic bricks".

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