| 单词 | modifier |
| 例句 | Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Would you like paper or conveniently? is ungrammatical, because conveniently is a modifier, and it’s a modifier that doesn’t work with like; you would never say Would you like conveniently? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But when I ask them what a dangling modifier is, they say, “Dangle this.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As long as the modifier is short, it poses no difficulty for the reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In the case of that in that boy, Miss Thistle- bottom got the function wrong, too: it’s determiner, not modifier. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Because a count noun cannot stand on its own—you can’t say Daughter cooked dinner— and a modifier doesn’t help; Beautiful daughter cooked dinner is still bad. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Those temporal modifiers all have something to do with cold weather, and that is also a deliberate choice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z More generally, a modifier can dangle when its implied subject is the writer and the reader, as in To summarize and In order to start the motor in the examples above. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes it is the only resting place, particularly when the modifier is a negation or quantifier such as not of more than. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Recall from chapter 4 that grammatical categories like adjective are not the same thing as grammatical functions like modifier and complement. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The confusion comes from the vague impression that the phrase is a “modifier.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But this confuses the grammatical category “adjective” with the grammatical function “modifier.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Laurie had to have a quart of fresh milk every day and the milk modifier was expensive. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And O’Connor frequently moves temporal modifiers to the front of the sentence: When the cold weather arrives; When the fish are frozen out; In the winter; When these areas become frozen solid. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z These front-loaded modifiers can be useful in qualifying a sentence, in tying it to information mentioned earlier, or simply in avoiding the monotony of having one right-branching sentence after another. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But with modifiers there is no such rule. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Brittney is the kind of person for whom active verbs and modifiers were invented. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Other examples of modifiers include the underlined words in the phrases walks on four legs, swollen feet, met him on the road to Thebes, and the shepherd whom Oedipus had sent for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Another tradeoff between brevity and clarity may be seen in the placement of modifiers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The words and structures lie waiting in memory, bearing little tags like “here’s a way to delay mentioning a modifier” or “my direct object is the thing being transferred.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In this sentence we have the phrase In Sophocles’play as a modifier of the clause Oedipus married his mother. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The problem with dangling modifiers is that their subjects are inherently ambiguous and sometimes a sentence will inadvertently attract a reader to the wrong choice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I’d just write it off as crazy except some people are going to follow this advice and waste a lot of money,” Dr. Gunter wrote, adding a certain modifier before “crazy.” A Doctor Gives Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop a Pelvic Exam 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z I really can’t even think of a modifier in my era that had more influence,” says Brown, who well remembers the impact of the liqueur in his bars. Drink this cocktail in memory of the man behind St-Germain, a bartending staple 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Banh is a general modifier to describe a variety of Vietnamese prepared foods. A Field Guide to the American Sandwich 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z This kind of question arises constantly, but give the author her odd modifiers. Review: In ‘Maestra,’ a Heroine’s Routine Includes Sex, Murder and Shopping 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Fromsmoking jacket — the main noun was dropped and the modifier got the spotlight, a change of both word type and meaning, although the pronunciation is effectively the same. From baseball to beisuboru: Foreign languages steal from English too 2013-04-12T15:01:00Z The McLean Project for the Arts’ biennial “Strictly Painting” survey is 20 years old, so the title’s modifier is probably here to stay. In the galleries: ‘Strictly Painting’ is anything but 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z So it is comforting that the first words Mr. Jackson speaks at the beginning of “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” are something very close to “that’s mighty white of you,” salted with a profane modifier. The Samuel L. Jackson Method 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In a flash, a chain-smoking Sheen was sharing colorful stories, most of them centered on women, drugs and money, most of them self-worshipping, and all of them laced liberally with F-bomb modifiers. Review: Charlie Sheen disappoints with NYC show 2011-04-09T17:17:09Z Despite his efforts to make the newsletter more “Cheeveresque” and broaden its modifiers beyond “tasty” and “delicious,” Mr. Paterniti went nowhere in this job. Books of The Times: Michael Paterniti’s ‘Telling Room,’ Set in Rural Spain 2013-07-22T20:29:40Z Wine is the noun, sparkling is the modifier. Sparkling wine is cause for celebration. Here are 5 tips to help you drink it up. 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z It is conversational in tone, full of jump cuts and shrugs at literary conventions; modifiers sometimes seem deliberately misplaced. John Ashbery, Prize-Winning Poet, Is Dead at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Trump also habitually applies “very” to words you don’t think need a modifier, because they are kinda sorta over-the-top already. Perspective | And the world’s biggest abuser of the word ‘very’ is ... 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Though other modifiers that refer to the fillings are added to the sandwich’s name in Vietnam, banh mi is the term you’ll find at American sandwich shops within Vietnamese communities. A Field Guide to the American Sandwich 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z They’re children first, with the modifiers after — a child with Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder; a child who uses a wheelchair. Motherlode Blog: What if No Day Care Will Take Your A.D.H.D. Child? 2013-07-16T15:21:05Z Less familiar outside Hollywood but ubiquitous in Variety's lexicon are such phrases as "to ankle" as a synonym for "to leave" or "exit," and "boffo" for a modifier describing a robust box-office return or ratings. Showbiz magazine Daily Variety goes out of print after 80 years 2013-03-20T00:41:03Z But references to “the Democrat Party” — and variants in which “Democrat” is used as a modifier — have been around for decades, rising and falling over the years. ‘The Democrat Party’: Trump needles the opposition by truncating its name 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Would a modifier like “death-defying” mean less when everyone in the tent — performers, spectators — had lived through a global pandemic? Review: At the Big Apple Circus, It’s a Family Affair 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z But the temptation is to scribble in, before “Consequences,” a modifier: “Unforeseen.” ‘Locking Up Our Own,’ What Led to Mass Incarceration of Black Men 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “I don’t understand why we prepare so … wonderfully and elaborately for birth,” he says, using a modifier we can’t print here, “and yet so appallingly and haphazardly for death.” ‘Sea Wall/A Life’ Review: Quiet Tragicomedies of Love and Loss 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Examples of other modifiers include: “basically,” “definitely,” “actually,” and “generally.” 3 Tips for Becoming a Better Professional Writer 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Calling anyone something other than their preferred name is usually considered rude, but it’s not entirely clear why dropping the “-ic” from Democratic and using it as a modifier is an insult. ‘The Democrat Party’: Trump needles the opposition by truncating its name 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z There’s a new modifier on the TV grid, and we should all be afraid. Critic?s Notebook: ?Doomsday Preppers? and ?Doomsday Bunkers,? TV Reality Shows 2012-03-11T18:14:44Z “Utterly asinine” is another good modifier, courtesy of David Ehrlich at Indiewire. The fall of Ricky Gervais: How did the once-brilliant star of “The Office” end up here? 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z A century ago, if you’d uttered the word “artist,” chances are it would have been accompanied by the modifier “starving.” How artists became capitalist 'foot soldiers' in the gentrification wars: Case study, Boyle Heights 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Because of the newfound connection, this week’s episode of the CW’s “iZombie,” is officially adding another modifier to its hybrid description. 'iZombie' recap: 'Flight of the Living Dead' 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z In the years since its rediscovery, the Last Word has inspired a series of rejoinders, as bartenders have taken its four-way, equal-parts template and devised variations, mixing up the spirits, modifiers and citrus. The born-in-Detroit cocktail that has spawned countless variations 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Nika is a body modifier who redesigns people into works of art, but she leaves all she’s built to escape from an abusive boyfriend and the company he works for. Review | Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z A man who sticks around to raise a child is a dad, period — contemptuous modifiers notwithstanding. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s up to your sister to tell your nephew about his biological father 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z But the unspoken modifier is that there are too many good movies, and so it is always easy to feel that you've fallen behind. Must-see movies that are under the radar or overlooked 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The modifier "When it is peace" recurs at the end of the second sentence, heightening the sense of longing, with the "if" haunting the "when". Poem of the week: To Germany by Charles Hamilton Sorley 2012-11-14T10:20:03Z Yet the sparkle is the modifier, and we shouldn’t forget that we’re talking about wine, after all. Here’s to Riesling with cheeses, sherry with ramen, and bubbly for no reason 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z ‘Tim,’ he says, ‘How are you doing? On column six of the third galley, there’s a dangling modifier.’ Robert Silvers, a founding editor of New York Review of Books, dies at 87 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z With the modifiers, though, about a quarter of them did. Pet cloning is already here – is human cloning next? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The symbol has overtaken grandiose modifiers like “premium,” “max” or “deluxe” for services and goods, while also supplanting the ampersand in many corporate names and logos. Many Pluses, Zero Minuses, Some Division 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Trump has been trying to make Democrat as a modifier happen since the presidential campaign. ‘The Democrat Party’: Trump needles the opposition by truncating its name 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The fact that the only modifier the children get is “three.” Mariah Carey’s List Is Short: All She Wants Is Immortality 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The use of “pretty” as a repeated modifier, with a protracted first syllable and palate-tapping t’s, is a signature catch phrase of Larry David, the beloved comic television writer and actor. Review: ‘Fish in the Dark,’ Larry David’s Antic Broadway Debut 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Its members are of intense scientific interest because they hold clues to genetic modifiers of, and potential treatments for, Huntington’s disease. Sought Out by Science, and Then Forgotten 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z In crafting the algorithm that powers kidney transplant priorities, the transplant system applied a 16 percent to 18 percent “modifier” to balance out that supposed advantage for Blacks. Black man awaiting kidney transplant alleges racial bias 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z My team also uses fruit flies to identify modifier genes and then test how they influence disease in neurons from patients with FTD or ALS. How frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Prosecutors attached a using-a-dangerous-weapon penalty modifier to each endangerment count, bringing the total maximum sentence on each of those charges to 17 1/2 years. Defendant to represent himself in Wisconsin parade trial 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z So-called modifiers of these drinks — think, a shot of espresso or three pumps of pumpkin sauce — now account for more than $1 billion in sales each year on their own. Starbucks Talks Up Reinvention Strategy, but Is Light on Specifics 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z In Latin America, she added, “we might find other genes that influence how the disease progresses. These modifiers could become targets.” Sought Out by Science, and Then Forgotten 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z To change the direction of a sentence, you learn how to control prepositions and modifiers. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z We also discovered modifier genes that encode for some proteins that help repair damaged DNA. How frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z From its Seattle engineering office and its Moses Lake flight test center, it provides flight testing, data analysis, and Federal Aviation Administration certification services for aircraft manufacturers and modifiers. Seattle-based aerospace company makes Moses Lake a proving ground for new electric airplane projects 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z MagMod makes some clever accessories to allow you to quickly swap modifiers in and out on top of your flash head. The Verge’s favorite camera gear 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Fed forward guidance is more traditionally done with modifiers like "gradual" that investors translate into an expected pace of rate hikes. In more ways than one, Fed's Powell showed his strategy this week 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Byrd corrected the sentence to get rid of a “there is” construction, a dangling modifier, and inconsistent verb tenses. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The Huntsman Mini uses function key modifiers in lieu of arrows or media controls, but the PBT keycaps have side printing to show you the hidden layers. Save $50 on the noise-canceling Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The summer one will add gameplay modifiers, which could give people who have put down the game a new reason to jump back in. The tough-as-nails game Sifu is getting difficulty modes 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z I use these modifiers all the time, though MagMod’s cleverly designed collapsible softboxes hold an even more special place in my heart. The Verge’s favorite camera gear 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z A task force identified the closest geographic features to the ones named “squaw,” and then suggested simply replacing that “derogatory modifier” with one of the nearby root names. Replacing derogatory names in WA gets dragged into our larger culture war 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Additionally, choosing modifiers carefully will help you weed out unnecessary words. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z So I find his additional “I am a very special boy” modifier in the form of his preternatural connection to the show’s mysterious artifact a little annoying. The Halo show is nothing like the games, and that’s why it’s good 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Let’s shift our focus from the definition of the word “permanent” to that of the modifier “more.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: There aren’t two sides to heart health 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z As with “perfect” and “eternal,” it cannot take a modifier, so “more” should have been stricken. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: These captions could have been better 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Kacyee’s Mod, available now as a playable beta, adds new cards, items, and a difficulty modifier that make Inscryption’s already challenging card game even spicier. Inscryption mod makes the game’s best part endlessly replayable 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Identify instances of wordiness and overused modifiers and edit to eliminate them. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z The crime carries a maximum sentence of 12 1/2 years in prison, plus up to five more years with the weapons modifier. Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Identity of mysterious 'jump kick man' revealed 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Ironically, the letter writer provided “perfect” as another absolute that supposedly cannot take a modifier. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: There aren’t two sides to heart health 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “When the race modifier was included, it would appear your kidney function was better,” Susan E. Quaggin, president of the American Society of Nephrology, said in an interview. University of Maryland Medical System drops race-based algorithm officials say harms Black patients 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z All five charges that Rittenhouse is facing also have weapons modifiers that could add an additional five years in prison. Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Who are Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber, and Gaige Grosskreutz? 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The amount of commands QMK supports is a little mind boggling, and you can even have one key perform multiple tasks using a modifier key. Stack Overflow’s copy / paste keyboard is no joke 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The dangerous weapon modifier carries another five years. EXPLAINER: What charges does Kyle Rittenhouse face? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “But I think I’d take out the ‘American’ and say I’m just living the ... dream in general,” he says — adding a colorful modifier. A graffiti tagger as a teen, he now designs for Fendi and Mercedes-Benz 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z It might not go away overnight but there are disease modifiers... Actress Selma Blair's struggles with MS depicted in new documentary 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z And yet, that still is a key modifier because in Sayrafiezadeh’s work, everything is bad and getting worse. Review: In 'American Estrangement,' dark stories about the dystopias inside us all 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z In March, ahead of the national task force’s upcoming formal recommendation, leaders in kidney care said race modifiers should be removed. For Black kidney patients, an algorithm may help perpetuate harmful racial disparities 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The weapons modifier would add up to five more years. EXPLAINER: What charges does Kyle Rittenhouse face? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The inner seeds, sometimes called garden, sweet or English peas, are what many think of when we encounter the word “pea” without any other modifier. Peas please! Shelling, snow and snap are at their peak 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The word often carried a modifier, like so: increased risk, residual risk, low risk, potential risk, minimal risk, higher risk. More than a year into the pandemic, we’re still figuring out what risks we’re willing to take 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “Social democracy is not socialism, and democratic socialism is not socialism - if it was, there wouldn’t be the modifier. It implies that there is an element of democracy,” said Rep. Geller. Florida House condemns Democratic Socialism in resolution 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “Social democracy is not socialism, and democratic socialism is not socialism — if it was, there wouldn’t be the modifier. It implies that there is an element of democracy,” said Rep. Geller. Florida House condemns Democratic Socialism in resolution 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z The weapons modifier again would add up to five more years. EXPLAINER: What charges does Kyle Rittenhouse face? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The modifiers inevitably attached to these works are “brave,” “unflinching” and “honest” with an occasional “devastating” thrown in for good measure. Review | Hunter Biden’s singular memoir of grief and addiction 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z “With the gun” here is what’s known as a misplaced or “squinting” modifier. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Copying Big Mama’s style wasn’t Elvis’s only offense 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z “Beginning in 2021, an environmental, social, and governance modifier based on Apple Values and other key community initiatives will be incorporated into our annual cash incentive program,” the filing said. Apple will modify executive bonuses based on environmental values in 2021 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The Second Amendment's "well regulated" may be the most willfully ignored modifier in history. Amy Coney Barrett and the Second Amendment: Why her "expansive view" is utter BS 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The weapons modifier would add up to five years. EXPLAINER: What charges does Kyle Rittenhouse face? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z But Supergiant never outright tells you: “Equip your most powerful weapon and complete a run on the highest difficulty modifier and you’ll progress the story.” Hades’ greatest achievement is its brilliantly designed endgame 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Today, Twitch announced a set of emote modifiers in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month — and then it ended up pulling them before the day’s end because they were incredibly insensitive. Twitch takes another identity-related L 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The Inglewood-born Saleen, who raced Ford Mustangs competitively in the 1970s and 1980s, made his name as a master modifier of the iconic American muscle car. Fraud charges, lost patents: How an L.A. auto legend's China venture crashed 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z There are also plans for “Ventures” seasons that will feature new zones and additional modifiers to allow players to continue to progress in a replayable fashion, although details are still slim. Fortnite finally leaves early access as Epic slows down Save the World development 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Finally, there are many ways the word “chief” can be used as a modifier. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Supergiant does this by weaving together all of the games’ reward systems into one sprawling web that incentivizes you to spend your time wisely trying new builds and experimenting with modifiers. Hades’ greatest achievement is its brilliantly designed endgame 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Imagery ranges from figurative to abstract, although most are better described with the upfront modifier “semi.” Review: Michael Tedja's charmer of a show gets a second life at Chimento Contemporary 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Such a description does not need the modifiers of "apparent" or "would be" or "impending" or "inclinations" or "autocratic." As the people rise up against brutality, Trump and his enforcers move to criminalize dissent 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Five years later, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery with a domestic abuse modifier and drew 18 months in prison with another gun ban. National Digest: Milwaukee man charged in killing of 5 members of his family 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Five years later, in 2012, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery with a domestic abuse modifier, and drew 18 months in prison with another gun ban. National Digest: 911 caller held after 5 found dead inside home 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The Cobra Jet fastback's unique features could have easily been lost in the hands of either a restorer or a modifier. Corona populism 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z A good piece to read next is about something Jason Snell noticed in the iOS beta released earlier this month: better support for keyboard functions like modifier keys. Dear Apple: don’t let a trackpad turn the iPad into a Mac 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z From “mom jeans” to “mom bars,” the modifier made things lame and tame by association. The Moms of TikTok Are Deeply Corny — and Gloriously Free 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z When I revise, I become my own writing instructor: make this passage more concise; avoid the passive voice; and God forbid a modifier should dangle. Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z A lot of the time when I’m pressing a function key, I want to do so in conjunction with a modifier, like Alt-F4. Chassepot’s mechanical keyboard is super tall and super silly 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z And with Trump, O’Brien added, the modifier provides only minute-to-minute reassurance. From ‘my generals’ to ‘my Kevin,’ Trump’s preferred possessive can be a sign of affection or control 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Although the modifier feels wholly inappropriate given the stature and canonical significance of her work, Toni Morrison was not just a writer. What the Pacific Northwest is reading: Grieving Toni Morrison through the words she left behind 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Now, the modifier "racist" is gaining wider acceptance, and for the same reason: He is one. Donald Trump's week from hell: After the horrors of El Paso and Dayton, GOP is in full retreat 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z And just before she rhymes "party" with the name-brand rum, she drops an unprintable modifier — two syllables, starts with F — to show how serious she is about leaving. Meet Carly Rose: Child prodigy, reality TV flameout and your next indie-pop queen 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “I want to see an end to forced arbitration, full stop, without any modifiers.” As Riot Games employees walk out, discontent swirls among video game industry workers 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z None of his offenses were felonies, but his record includes four disorderly conduct convictions with domestic abuse sentence modifiers in La Crosse County. Tiger Woods bettor has long criminal record in Wisconsin 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Sex is a modifier of disease risk and progression. Sex is a biological variable — in the brain too 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z President Trump signed an order on Feb. 20, 2018, directing the Justice Department to ban "bump stocks" and other gun modifiers that make semi-automatic firearms fire faster. Supreme Court won't block ban on gun bump stocks 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z This modifier, however, does not modify; there is no other kind of gerrymandering. Opinion | The Supreme Court should steer clear of gerrymandering cases 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The airline also has regular old Economy, Economy Plus and, because the possible modifiers for the word economy were apparently exhausted, Premium Plus. Charging extra to get there? The Boeing story is yet another sign we’re a corporatocracy 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z I don’t want to call her a “remarkable young woman,” even though she was 23 at the time: “young” is such a modifier and she would have been remarkable at any age. Feminism with no human warmth leaves me cold | Zoe Williams 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z If the WIAA’s Representative Assembly votes to approve it Jan. 28, Washington would become the 22nd state to implement a classification modifier in hopes of restoring competitive balance. What separates the haves and the have-nots of high-school athletics — and the WIAA’s plan to fix it 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Vjeran used a light modifier as a background and plexiglass to create mirrored reflections and graphic shapes. 2018: A year in photographs on The Verge 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z He’s a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh who published a study — called “Self-representation on Twitter using emoji skin color modifiers” — about skin tone emoji and their usage across Twitter and around the world. The five emoji skin tone options don’t accommodate a diverse world 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z He did that for more than 2,000 transcription factors, as well as some DNA-tweaking enzymes called chromatin modifiers, essentially pushing every lever in the cell’s machinery one at a time to see what happened3. Computer logic meets cell biology: how cell science is getting an upgrade 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z They were modifier keys, to be used exclusively for keyboard shortcuts, aimed at those who still found tapping keys to be more efficient than mousing to the menu. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Keyboard Shortcuts 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Attempting to even the high-school playing field with classification modifiers is a growing trend. What separates the haves and the have-nots of high-school athletics — and the WIAA’s plan to fix it 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z But the sentences in “Music of Time” are often long and labyrinthine, heavily qualified and with dangling modifiers all over the place. How Anthony Powell Wrote His Twelve-Volume Masterpiece 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z So a vast majority of emoji that can have a modifier are modified for skin color. The five emoji skin tone options don’t accommodate a diverse world 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z I daresay we have long since passed the stage where reports of these crimes need to carry the modifier "alleged." Why They Stay. Why They Can’t: New York Catholics Wrestle With Their Faith Over Abuse Allegations 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z When Trump says "young men," no adjective or modifier is needed. The Brett Kavanaugh case: This is how white male privilege is destroying America 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Under the resulting rules, additional modifiers created loopholes, which allowed speech against black children but not white men. Twitter releases new policy to ban dehumanizing speech 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s almost a mandatory modifier now, bludgeoned into us because it describes the then and the now. Perspective | The erosion of the Redskins’ fan base didn’t just happen. Stopping it won’t, either. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z So again, this is just saying overall, one, people do use these modifiers, and two, they’re using them in actually a very positive way. The five emoji skin tone options don’t accommodate a diverse world 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z What made Woese the foremost challenger and modifier of Darwinian orthodoxy — as Einstein was to Newtonian orthodoxy — is that his work led to recognition that the tree’s cardinal premise is wrong. The Scientist Who Scrambled Darwin’s Tree of Life 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z In practice, this means that I attend conferences that use ‘science’ as a modifier: science policy, science communications and science diplomacy. ‘Science-adjacent’ conferences and why they matter 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The modifier “crooked” convicted Hillary Clinton without a trial. Trump has turned words into weapons. And he's winning the linguistic war | George P Lakoff and Gil Duran 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z When I was employed as a copy editor, I thought more about comma placement and modifier placement than I did about economic and political displacement. How LinkedIn turned this “Failmom” into a socialist 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z I wasn’t one of the people saying that, “Oh, yeah, people will be using these modifiers,” or “People won’t be,” or “People will be being racist,” or “People won’t be being racist.” The five emoji skin tone options don’t accommodate a diverse world 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Several states, including Oregon, Ohio and Minnesota, have added a “modifier” to classifications based on economic factors. WIAA looking to factor in free and reduced lunch numbers in changing state classifications 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z When Edwards gazed upon the size of Salzman’s fish he let out an expletive with a modifier. Wyoming record-breaking largemouth bass caught 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “I did not mention the dangling modifier,” she said. Retired English teacher corrects a White House letter and sends it back 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Those include the installation of friction modifiers on the track surface and additional ballast material beneath the rails, according to CSX. As CSX tunnel project wraps up, concerns rise over train speeds and vibration 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z So, in terms percentages, then we’re looking at, in half of the cases where you could apply a skin tone modifier, people did actually do that. The five emoji skin tone options don’t accommodate a diverse world 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Others do the labeling for us, and they’re rarely nice about their choice of modifiers. News of an ‘Outrage’ Used to Mean Something Very, Very Different 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Justice is now principally a modifier in the “criminal justice system”. Think prison abolition in America is impossible? It once felt inevitable | Joshua Dubler and Vincent Lloyd 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z The category is often referred to with the modifiers “secular” or “cultural”, and yet is often determined by other causes. Can you be a Muslim if you're an atheist? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z "But the environment is a way-underestimated modifier that becomes way more important, quite frankly, than the underlying gene event. And this is … a beautiful illustration of exactly that principle." What's your risk of kidney disease, heart attack, or diabetes? A single molecule can tell 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z For the president, the “fake” modifier frequently refers to news reports that he wishes were not true rather than those that are actually false. Real or ‘fake news’? Either way, allegations of lewd tape pose challenge for Trump 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Our results identify immune memory in the brain as an important modifier of neuropathology. Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Greek officials favor a compound name that will somehow qualify the word Macedonia by adding a modifier “Upper”, “New” or “North”. UN envoy: Macedonia spat could be resolved in coming months 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z I think you are discrediting this high achieving person because you are offended by four-syllable modifiers. From Annapolis to Congress? These Three Women Know Tough Missions 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It was useless even before the Trump administration turned it into a grammatically flexible and redundant term for "reporter" — when all critical news is fake by definition, you don't really need a modifier. The worst pop culture of 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z That last word, of course, is the one that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson uttered to describe his boss, and he employed an unprintable modifier in front of it. Comeback words for 2018 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z “So it really is an independent modifier of each of those major steps in the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease.” Disease progression: Divergent paths Be careful — new personality modifiers can contort your identity like a Twister board. Opinion | Teenagers’ View of the News 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Meyer is one of the best offensive minds in recent college football history, with the “recent” perhaps an unnecessary modifier. Urban Meyer is sticking with J.T. Barrett, but Ohio State’s passing game needs serious fixing 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z And claiming there is no “alt-left” because all leftists hate Neo-Nazis mistakenly defines the “alt-” modifier as being about racism not fanaticism. Why the 'Alt-Left' Is a Problem 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The modifier shows the luxury of life as Dodgers manager. Adrian Gonzalez gets back into the swing of things in the Dodgers' 8-5 victory over the Tigers 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z This was an ode to the behind-the-scenes sticklers, bean counters, bureaucrats and perfectionists who make the nation run on correct numbers, accurately placed decimals, properly placed modifiers and quadruple-checked calculations. Perspective | The flag had hung in the Kennedy Center for years. Just one problem: It was wrong. 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z These days, Wigler is on to another big idea: risk modifiers. Using Big Data to Hack Autism 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Did The Post’s writers and editors fail to learn about misplaced modifiers, or is this a rather extreme example of an alternative fact? Opinion | Misplaced modifier places Obama in prison for 35 years 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z But taken together, as a modifier, “zero-tolerance” functions like a single word; hence the hyphen. Hysteria over hyphens 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z OK as a modifier: “golf buddies” or “golfing buddies.” Are you golfing or playing golf? Washington Post readers debate - Golf Digest 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z That’s not to speak of the side of globalization conspicuously omitted by Mr. Xi, who carefully used the modifier “economic.” Opinion | Is Xi Jinping the new champion of globalization? Far from it. 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z They are frustrated by the trend toward describing undocumented aliens as “immigrants” without the “illegal” modifier. Sarah Root’s family set for ‘empty’ Christmas despite Donald Trump’s help 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z That modifier “fake,” to put the point slightly differently, suggests that non-“fake” news must be conversely genuine, truthful, factual. Who’s to blame for fake news? America’s real newsrooms. 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z It tells the readers that several words are to be taken together as a single modifier. Hysteria over hyphens 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z A separate unbiased screen for genetic modifiers of PR toxicity in yeast also identified numerous genes that encode components of the nuclear pore complex and effectors of nucleocytoplasmic trafficking134. Decoding ALS: from genes to mechanism : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z You are welcome to set your own modifier. How Your Vote Could Be Worth $664,000* 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The blunt racial modifier, buried or implied in earlier versions, declares itself up front. Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Siri does a good job of looking through your files and is surprisingly competent at handling complex modifiers. macOS Sierra review: Apple reaches for the clouds 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Fortunately, this is one rule that need not drive anyone mad: a group of words used as a single modifier should be hyphenated. Hysteria over hyphens 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z It is difficult to prove the absence of any disease association, and incomplete penetrance or genetic modifiers may contribute in some cases. Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z From the moment I arrived, I was their daughter, no modifiers necessary. As seen at the Olympics, there is still a lot of ignorance about adoption 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z It would seem ridiculously late in the process to be haggling over modifiers, at least it would be in a mythical normal year. Will Trump Swallow the G.O.P. Whole? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z OK, that was actually four sentences, containing a bunch of modifiers and switchbacks. Hillary Clinton, Democratic nominee: Now the left begins to bargain with a painful reality — and a hopeful future 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Originally titled Caution: Dark Age Ahead, the book was a cautionary tale reframed almost as prophecy, without the modifier. Why Jane Jacobs Matters Now 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z “These school systems need to look at the research in terms of long-term control and temporary behavior modifiers. Spanking doesn’t work.” Video of Georgia school paddling puts spotlight on corporal punishment 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z A squinting modifier modifies two things at once: “Cycling up hills quickly tones your thighs.” Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Avoid using “women” as a modifier like this. A Lineup of Missteps 1461-12-25T05:00:00Z Sotomayor said that “when a modifier appears at the end of a list, it is easier to apply that modifier only to the item directly before it.” Justices on both sides invoke Scalia in sentencing case 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z And a few decades later it is being used as a modifier. Is the word 'ghetto' racist? - BBC News 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z King, who turned 41 Tuesday, will retain the “acting” modifier for the rest of President Obama’s time in office. He’s acting, but the nation’s new education secretary is for real 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z A dangling modifier ends up modifying the wrong thing because the thing it’s trying to modify isn’t there: “Having studied for the exam, my coffee machine was a welcome sight.” Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z In 1999, those nominating it griped about its incessant use as a modifier, as in, “I am so down with this list.” List: Ban ‘problematic,’ ‘walk it back,’ ‘ secret sauce’ 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z SteamOS, like the desktop version of Steam, allows users to filter games by using incredibly specific tags that sort games according to price, genre, or theme among other modifiers. Alienware's Steam Machine Is a PC to Take on the Living Room 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z If accuracy is the New York Time’s goal, the precise modifier it wants to use isn’t “surreptitious.” Robert Dear, “gentle loner”: The New York Times reveals a load of biases in early round of Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood coverage 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z These days, it’s a modifier on a list of foods that grows longer each fall: There are pumpkin spice lattes and breakfast cereals, doughnuts and yogurt-coated pretzels, pancakes and candy, even pizza and beer. Pumpkin spice: The flavor of fall, and a hint of the past 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z There are three kinds of modifier error, ranging from the confusing to the hilarious. Wait … is that a rule? Ten everyday grammar mistakes you might be making 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Rather, all the challenges remain fixed with set rounds and set modifiers, and simply rotate between the 32, 34, and 35 challenges. As 'The Taken King' Looms, 'Destiny' Should Not Abandon 'Prison of Elders' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “I don’t accept the modifier of the word novelist, I’m a novelist, I’m not a New York novelist, I’m not a historical novelist, I’m not any postmodern novelist or any of those things.” The day I met EL Doctorow: from Persian translations to his view of a writer's duty 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z All of these compounds belong to a group of ion channels modifiers known as conotoxins. Marine toxin puts mice to sleep 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Hopefully, soon, such hyphenated modifiers will be the rule rather than the exception. Misty Copeland's success shows ballet leaping in the right direction 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Bungie varies the encounters by plugging in different “critical objectives” and modifiers, which while they change the way each round is played, basically amount to flipping a switch over in Redmond. 'Prison Of The Elders' Is Everything Great And Terrible About 'Destiny' 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z It just is not that many combinations, and unless the modifiers are drastic, they don’t change much either. As 'The Taken King' Looms, 'Destiny' Should Not Abandon 'Prison of Elders' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z There’s the level 28 Prison, which is a randomly matchmade activity that features five rounds of play where all modifiers and arenas are random. Hands-On With Destiny's 'House of Wolves' PvE And The Prison Of Elders 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Enough is enough: Herewith, cards for every infraction, with space to add one’s own improvisatory modifiers. Improving manners at the movies 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z In the case of “natural immunity,” the modifier implies the absence of human intervention, allowing for a process to unfold as it would if we did nothing, as in “letting nature take its course.” Why ‘Natural’ Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Past that, right off the bat, 21% don’t feel bad at all about downloading stuff, and that’s driven up when you put in modifiers about already consumed content or consumption for commercial use. The Morality Of 'Game of Thrones' Piracy 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Often you won’t even notice some of these modifiers are there. As 'The Taken King' Looms, 'Destiny' Should Not Abandon 'Prison of Elders' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Not all rounds are structured the same, and you’ll constantly be discovering new modifiers and challenges within them. Hands-On With Destiny's 'House of Wolves' PvE And The Prison Of Elders 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Medical organizations should develop guidelines, which are now sorely lacking, about the risks and benefits of these modifiers. We Need To Unlock the Brain’s Secrets—Ethically 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z “Traditional” marriage might be a more defensible term, but traditional is a much weaker modifier than natural. Why ‘Natural’ Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Jeb’s brother, George W. Bush, first stuck a modifier on “conservative” when he ran in 2000, calling himself a “compassionate conservative.” Joseph Curl: Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign message all about Christianity, Reagan 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z More modifiers are needed, and with them, more objectives. As 'The Taken King' Looms, 'Destiny' Should Not Abandon 'Prison of Elders' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z No need for the hyphens in a numerical modifier like this. Red Pencils Ready? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z A rule that works for me: Avoid financial instruments with more than one modifier in their names. Slippery Tips on Annuities From a Life Coach 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Adding a modifier to become the Upper Midwest wasn't enough. Some Minnesotans left cold by the term 'Midwest' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In the recordings of the professional families, they found a “greater richness of nouns, modifiers, and past-tense verbs,” and more conversations on subjects that children had initiated. Talk to Your Kids 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The first is a very common error, probably arising because hyphens are needed when an expression like that is used as a modifier: a two-and-a-half-hour commute. Tricky Little Things 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z On the contrary, when de Blasio used the modifier “allegedly” in referring to the pummeling of two cops on the Brooklyn Bridge, the union jumped all over him. Protesters and police need to find common ground 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Now that Ella and her side own both addresses, along with more than a dozen other restaurants, those modifiers seem unnecessary. Ella Brennan at Brennan’s: 1st time 40 years 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Two of the better modifiers for both college football and its fans are passionate and parochial. Our Favorite Books of 2014: Newsweek Staff Picks We add the modifier “potentially” because one of the elements of the Times story that was most troubling was how attorneys general throughout the country depend on large contributions from national political action committees. Recent Missouri Editorials 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z If Turkey’s loneliness really needed a modifier, that would obviously be not “precious” but “dangerous.” Turkey Finds Out 1 Is the Loneliest Number 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Legendary and Exotic guns are more often overpowered than underpowered, as it should be, and many have very interesting unique modifiers that liven up combat and make you feel truly powerful. 'Destiny' Review: The Fault in Our Stars 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z They sound like a slip back to very bad habits, recalling the extreme sexism of “lady” as a modifier, as in the horrendously patronising “lady driver”. Why there are too many women doctors, women MPs, and women bosses 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Comparative modifiers using more or less do not need hyphens except on the rare occasions when the meaning is ambiguous without one. Close but Not Quite 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This stream of modifiers—large, beautiful, and intimidating—is normally reserved for majestic, predatory beasts like tigers, bears, or dragons. Negrophobia: Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and America’s Fear of Black People 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z In the midst of the chanting, call-and-response and self-deprecating jokes, he touched upon the afternoon rally’s true theme when he repeated a mantra he borrowed from Colin Powell: “Optimism is a force modifier.” Steve Ballmer promises 'hardcore' basketball in debut as Clippers owner 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Most copy editors would recast the main clause, supplying it with a subject to which the modifier can be properly fastened: Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Collins allows it, too, listing it as a modifier, with the example “woman politician”. Why there are too many women doctors, women MPs, and women bosses 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z True, there is a League of Women Voters, but we should avoid “women” as a modifier. Close but Not Quite 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Though usually it takes a bit longer than this, and is usually complimented by a “slim” modifier. Microsoft Debuts New White and 1 TB Xbox One Bundles 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Instead, they rely on a vague word—“relationship”—and a series of sweeping modifiers—“deep, longstanding, far-reaching.” The Cheneys’ claim of a ‘deep, longstanding, far-reaching relationship’ between al-Qaeda and Saddam According to an old rule about "dangling modifiers", these sentences are ungrammatical. Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z In some quarters, “woman” is starting to be counted as a modifier. Why there are too many women doctors, women MPs, and women bosses 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z In a construction like this, the commas should set off the second modifier: “partial, but not total, win …” Here, though, the second adjective seems unnecessary; “partial” says it all. Words We Love Too Much 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z It searches for the word across millions of Google Books, taking note of every modifier, be it “boiled,” “fried” “steamed,” or “peppered.” This Computer Wants To Teach Itself Everything About Anything 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Some other compound modifiers, typically those beginning with nouns, keep their hyphens regardless of position in a sentence: They are health-conscious; The purchase was tax-free; The party describes itself as family-oriented; Stylebook editors are awe-inspiring. When Spell-Check Can’t Help 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z "Very" is a soggy modifier in the best of circumstances, and the combination with "unique" grates on enough readers that it's wise to avoid it. Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z The institute is also considering adding a modifier, such as the Center for Low-Carbon Solutions or the Center for Energy Future. UW looks to shift focus, name of carbon institute 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z No hyphen is needed when this compound modifier follows the verb. Words We Love Too Much 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z No hyphen is needed when a modifier like this follows the verb. The Small Stuff, Again 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z While one would not use the modifier "alleged" when referring to scientists, "claim" is the appropriate term in situations such as this. Scientists Report Finding Reliable Way to Teleport Data 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z More generally, a modifier can dangle when its implied subject is the writer and the reader. Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Crucially, between the context and the surfaces are “modifiers,” which change the opacity, position, color, etc. of the elements below it in the “render tree.” Famo.us Part I: New Concepts Will Increase The Flow Of Highly Dynamic Web 3.0 Apps 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z These modifiers are the linguistic version of a parenthetical or insignificant aside — which is exactly how late night comedy host Chelsea Handler was referred to in a recent article in the New York Times. Beyond Bossy: How To Not Sound Like a Sexist Jerk–Even If You’re a Woman 2014-03-12T21:43:08Z Or recast to avoid the compound modifier, e.g. “drought induced by climate change in the Middle East and Africa is leading …” The Small Stuff, Again 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon, who has long described himself as "cautiously optimistic" about the economy, recently dropped the modifier "cautiously," he said on a conference call with investors last week. Analysis: U.S. bankers voice new optimism as businesses line up for loans 2014-01-19T14:03:15Z Hop over to the Neowin link to see a fabulous debate in the comments about whether "enough" is a modifier. Boot up: Microsoft's challenge, Google's aims, Apple's (screen) independence, and more 2013-07-30T06:30:00Z The bonuses and penalties — formally known as the physician value-based modifier — would be calculated on quality measures that vary by specialty. Medicare speeds up plan for doctors’ pay 2013-07-22T00:08:23Z EU IV is borrowing the concept of “relationship modifiers” from the well-regarded Crusader Kings II. A Sneak Peek At Europa Universalis IV 2013-07-08T14:58:00Z We also evaluated the global consequences of mutation in specific epigenetic modifiers. Comprehensive molecular characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma 2013-07-03T17:20:51.807Z A dangling participle is a type of misplaced modifier involving a participle. 10 questions on grammar 2013-05-13T23:56:09Z Also, note that LaPierre uses the modifier “instant” before the word “checks.” History lesson: the NRA’s ‘support’ for expanded background checks 2013-04-19T10:00:00Z In my work over the years, I’ve heard “white” used, without a modifier, as a synonym for clueless, out of touch, even racist. How to talk about white people 2013-04-03T19:26:00Z The Secret Service is frequently described now with the modifiers “macho” or “male dominated.” Why a female Secret Service leader matters 2013-03-28T14:35:48Z Thus both lawmakers found themselves either a modifier too long or short. Does ‘Obamacare’ have $1 trillion in tax hikes, aimed at the middle class? 2013-03-12T10:01:00Z To use "was" requires the participle "sitting" after it.It's misplaced modifier. 10 questions on grammar 2013-05-13T23:56:09Z In the case of meals for seniors, the administration did not even bother with the usual “as much as” modifier. Sequester spin: The threat to free meals for seniors 2013-03-01T11:00:00Z And he seemed okay with abandoning the “fiscal” modifier. The Making of a Cliffhanger 2012-12-13T16:09:40Z What does "Jewish" as a modifier actually mean? Rupert Murdoch and the Jews 2012-11-19T15:25:36Z As we changed the lighting modifier for each photo, we also changed the power output of the Impact LiteTrek to accommodate to the various diffusion properties of each light modifier. Infographic: Understanding How Light Affects Your Subject (Photography) 2012-11-16T15:17:11Z Fallen subjunctive Misplaced modifier Dangling participle It's the third one. 10 questions on grammar 2013-05-13T23:56:09Z The modifiers in there “may be” and “related” won’t stop the mental math from this study translating as “pregnant+mercury=ADHD,” and it won’t stop headlines from implying as much. Mercury, Pregnancy, Fish, and ADHD 2012-10-08T20:34:54Z Some people live into their 70s with barely a misplaced modifier, let alone misplaced car keys, while others begin to notice issues decades earlier. Question Mark: Why Can’t I Remember What This Week’s Question Is? 2012-09-20T17:44:59Z Chromatin modifiers were frequently altered across all subgroups. Dissecting the genomic complexity underlying medulloblastoma 2012-08-01T17:52:34.853Z The only significant effect modifier identified by the investigators was age, with the greatest excess risk found in patients age 80 or older. Elevated Risk of Acute MI Following Total Hip And Knee Replacement Surgery 2012-07-23T20:11:31Z An adverbial modifier that shades the meaning of a statement. London 2012: breaking the language barrier 2012-07-16T19:00:13Z “Valproic acid is a small molecule epigenetic modifier that relaunches transcription” she adds, restoring some developmental potential to the amniotic cells. Amniotic Fluid + Valproic Acid = New Source of Human Stem Cells 2012-07-03T16:15:04.193Z Next year you have a chance get into the record books without a modifier dangling next to it. What sports readers are saying 2012-07-01T03:11:40Z The FDA declined to comment on the findings directly, but a spokesperson said it "continues to monitor post-marketing reports of neuropsychiatric events and leukotriene modifiers." No excess suicide risk found with asthma drugs 2012-06-27T15:05:03Z They have some vocabulary modifiers well above 20,000 hertz, which is likely to make your neighbour's dog bark. Words and music 2012-02-01T18:21:11.600Z If that is the case, they should be combined, the most important detail being put into the principal clause, and the other details into modifiers, as in the preceding exercise. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Allusions to religion are restricted to frequent use of the word “holy,” though only as a modifier before another dirty word. Ultimate Fighting Championship Comes of Age Financially 2011-11-11T16:55:50Z At best, the modifier “devout” is used as shorthand to distinguish between people who are merely culturally-affiliated with a religious tradition and those who are active practitioners. Articles of Faith: What Journalists Should Be Asking Politicians About Religion 2011-09-04T22:15:33Z When the researchers accounted for mental health problems and other factors, they found no connection between leukotriene modifiers and suicide risk, according to findings published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. No excess suicide risk found with asthma drugs 2012-06-27T15:05:03Z "When invasive species first show up, can we predict which ones are going to become major modifiers of ecosystems or harm other species?" asked Kareiva. Are All Invasive Species Bad? 2011-08-31T13:57:00Z Exercise 204—Misplaced Modifiers Sometimes a sentence is not clear because a modifier does not stand close to the word it modifies. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z In correct use related as predicate or as modifier to a particular noun: “This invention is due to Edison;” “losses due to preventable fires.” A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z Chateaubriand was a kind of continuer and modifier of a celebrated French writer that preceded him. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Nor is it the final word on leukotriene modifiers and suicide. No excess suicide risk found with asthma drugs 2012-06-27T15:05:03Z There is increasing evidence that signal transduction pathways directly talk to chromatin-remodeling complexes and histone modifiers. Readers Respond to "How to Fix the Obesity Crisis" and Other Articles 2011-05-20T14:15:05.883Z Change the order of words in the following sentences, placing each modifier as closely as possible to the word which it modifies. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The vice arrives, firstly, from that modifier, "promised." Pension, or Ponzi Scheme? 2011-03-31T21:00:03Z Games of national importance also get excitement modifiers. The Quad: The Excitement Algorithm: Watch This Game Now 2011-03-22T18:42:15Z The new methods and the willingness to tackle human Mendelian genetics, with attention to modifiers and heterogeneity, will enable the realization of the impact of genomics in genetics. [Essay] Genome-Sequencing Anniversary: Bringing Genomics and Genetics Back Together 2011-02-03T19:25:49.703Z An incoming factor may also be a histone modifier protein that more permanently marks a region to be open or closed. Readers Respond to "How to Fix the Obesity Crisis" and Other Articles 2011-05-20T14:15:05.883Z Then, using a choice modifier, he said, “You can get up now, Jim, this game is over.” Eagles? 1960 Victory Was an N.F.L. Turning Point 2011-01-06T19:00:39Z TNF blockers are part of a group of relatively newer drugs known as biologic response modifiers, which are all designed to act on the immune system to help slow arthritis progression. Arthritis drug less effective for obese patients 2010-11-18T22:20:00Z The Supreme Court unanimously reversed that decision, suggesting that the real world was the right modifier. Sidebar: Appeals Court in Atlanta Again Rejects Racial Discrimination Claim 2010-09-07T01:00:00Z And since when did the word “fruit” get a modifier anyway? The Haggler: Enough, Already! One Consumer?s Pet Peeves 2010-08-21T21:59:00Z These children may need a second type of medication -- such as oral drugs known as leukotriene modifiers -- added to their treatment in order to control their asthma, Raby said. Prenatal smoke tied to poorer asthma-drug response 2010-08-10T19:34:00Z He’d been admitted for a scheduled cancer treatment called a biological response modifier. A Patient Is Rescued, Quietly 2010-08-05T16:22:00Z But the modifiers here — federal and income — are important. Economic Scene: Yes, 47% of Households Owe No Taxes. Look Closer. 2010-04-14T01:14:00Z That type of measurement is at the heart of the language in the health-care bills, which would introduce a "value index" or "payment modifier" to reward more efficient providers. 2010-01-06T05:00:00Z From this comparison it appears that Gilbert can best be understood by considering him not so much a herald of the new science as a modifier of the old. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors Love he regards as the creative power, the destroyer or modifier being Hate. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Then there were words, and Grant knew the Uranian, wherever he was—maybe in a different room—was using a modifier to turn his sounds into Earth-language: "Walk closer," ordered the queer voice. The Wealth of Echindul That is, the predicate comes last in the sentence, being preceded by its modifiers. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary He was above all things a projector of works in the face of nature, and a modifier of nature itself. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) "Only" and "Alone."—Only and alone belong in the same class of modifiers that demand close watching. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories This condition arose at a single step and breeds true, although it appears to be influenced to some extent by temperature, also by modifiers that sometimes appear in the stock. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Some may ask what Paul means by adding to the phrase, "Redeeming the time," the modifier, "because the days are evil"; if we are to regard the present opportunity golden, why are the days evil? Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent Also adverbs ending in -ly are not ordinarily made into compound modifiers: nicely kept lawn, securely guarded treasure. b. The Century Handbook of Writing Instead, when you get close enough to someone to fight, you play a quick couple rounds of rock-paper-scissors, with modifiers based on your experience, armaments, and condition. Little Brother As a rule modifiers should be kept close to the words, clauses, or phrases which they modify, but due regard should be given to sense and to ease of expression. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses In fact, many or all Mendelian factors that affect the same organ may be said to be modifiers of each other's effects. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution In Europe, chicory is not regarded as an adulterant—it is an addition, or modifier, if you please. All About Coffee Note.—Two other kinds of dangling modifier, treated elsewhere in this book, may be briefly mentioned here. The Century Handbook of Writing By means of modifiers, a subject and predicate of but two words may grow to the size of a paragraph, and yet be a group of words expressing one complete thought. English: Composition and Literature Participial Construction—A participle and its modifiers used as the subject or object of a verb. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses As a matter of fact, Castle's evidence as published does not establish his conclusion because the wild rats used in the second experiment may have carried plus modifiers. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Whereas the summary beginning displays its resumé in a complete sentence, the keynote beginning puts the content of the speech in a single noun and its modifiers. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Place the modifier where it cannot be misunderstood. The Century Handbook of Writing In a sentence, however, the beginning more often has some phrase of transition, or some modifier; while it is the end that contains the gist of the sentence. English: Composition and Literature Clause—A group of words consisting of a subject and predicate with their modifiers and forming a part of a sentence: a sentence within a sentence. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Eosin may be said to be a modifier of vermilion or vermilion of eosin. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Clauses and modifiers must be attached in a way that cannot be overlooked. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing In such sentences as He stood firm and The cry rang clear the modifier should be an adjective if it refers to the subject, an adverb if it refers to the verb. The Century Handbook of Writing In arranging a succession of modifiers, so far as possible without breaking some other more important principle, a writer will gain in force if he seeks for climax. English: Composition and Literature Add to this short sentence or phrase, modifiers found in the original sentence, always italicising each new addition—one at a time—until the original sentence is finally restored. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget In general, however, it is convenient to use the term "modifier" for cases in which the factor causes a detectable change in a character already present or conspicuous. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution An infinitive with its object and modifier may occupy the first line as subject of the main verb; e.g.: Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing That is, do not place between two parts of a sentence a modifier that may attach itself to either. The Century Handbook of Writing Preposition; a word used to join a substantive, as a modifier, to some other preceding word, and to show the relation of the substantive to that word; as, by, in, between, beyond. Practical Grammar and Composition Finding the lowest terms, “Education is cultivation,” we proceed step by step to add modifiers until the original sentence is fully restored. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget The limits of reflection as a modifier of instinct and habit. Human Traits and their Social Significance The subject of the verb may of course have its modifiers—adjectives and phrases—but it should not be separated too widely from its verb. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Cold, of varied intensity, was the chief modifier of our sensations. The Big Otter Page 3 The subject may be simple or modified; that is, may consist of the subject alone, or of the subject with its modifiers. Practical Grammar and Composition It seeks the shortest phrase or sentence and adds successively all the modifiers, making no omissions. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget The law sets limits, and acts as a modifier upon the behavior of the lawbreaker and the law enforcer. The Status Civilization Clause—A group of words consisting of a subject and predicate with their modifiers and forming a part of a sentence; a sentence within a sentence. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically A large body of water is an important modifier of climate. Apple Growing It must not be confused with an adverb or an adverbial modifier. Practical Grammar and Composition Every added unit acts as a modifier limiting the number of tendencies, until we have finally, in case of a large mental unit, a fairly manageable whole. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale It is also a great modifier of events. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns In its present importance as a factor in life and a modifier of its conditions, the machine is in every sense a new and unprecedented fact. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century Of the tongue, soft palate, and lips, which are the principal modifiers of the shape of the mouth cavity, the tongue has by far the most influence. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) The gerund is often used as the object of a preposition, and frequently has a noun or pronoun modifier. Practical Grammar and Composition A loose sentence is one in which words follow each other in their natural order, the modifiers of the verb of course following the verb. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric No; you have the modifier in the wrong place. Time Crime The Latin avoids the use of prepositional phrases as modifiers of a Noun. New Latin Grammar Should not separate words from their modifiers, as adjectives from nouns, adverbs from verbs, etc. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading Subordinate elements: attribute complement, 3; adjective modifier, 4; adverbial modifier, 4; object complement, 4. Practical Grammar and Composition The same sentence becomes periodic by transposition of the less important predicate modifiers, thus―“At midnight, as the clocks were striking the hour, I stood on the bridge.” The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric If this basis for sex is single, it is represented by the male plumage in domestic birds, the secretions from the sex-glands acting as modifiers. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Words not denoting time require the preposition in, unless accompanied by a modifier. New Latin Grammar The formation of this species of mountain requires not the wearing operations of the earth which we have been considering as the modifier of our alpine regions. Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) Gerunds, explanation of, 80; confusion with participle, 80; with noun or pronoun modifier, 81; placing of gerund phrase, 81-82. Practical Grammar and Composition Often many of these modifiers are not strictly necessary to complete the sense and a period may be inserted at some point before the close of the sentence without destroying its grammatical completeness. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Not, then, is a modifier, qualifier, or negative adverb. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures As an Adjective the Participle may be used either as an attributive or predicate modifier of a Substantive. New Latin Grammar Both of these are now used side by side; sometimes they are used together, as one modifier, making a double possessive. An English Grammar In the sentence, care should be taken to avoid as much as possible the inserting of an adverb or an adverbial modifier between the parts of the infinitive. Practical Grammar and Composition The author starts out with a periodic sentence, beginning with a predicate modifier and placing the subject last. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Her sentences were dangling modifiers; but she did not care about grammar since she had a headache. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America NOTE.—Yet within certain limits the Latin does employ Prepositional phrases as Noun modifiers. New Latin Grammar Most of the words how to be considered are capable of a double use,—they may be pure modifiers of nouns, or they may stand for nouns. An English Grammar Which may be used in connection with a possessive substantive as a modifier? Practical Grammar and Composition The last word is the essential one in conveying the meaning, though a modifier of the simple subject noun “valley.” The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Explanation of Terms.+—Any word that alone or with its modifiers calls to mind a single idea, is a term. Composition-Rhetoric In the first place, a grammarian must be a writer, an author, a man who observes and thinks for himself; and not a mere compiler, abridger, modifier, copyist, or plagiarist. The Grammar of English Grammars The modifiers and independent elements will be discussed in detail in Secs. An English Grammar See that the word to which each modifier refers is unmistakable. a. Practical Grammar and Composition Each line must be in this form /pattern/modifier:j "Pattern" is the word or phrase you want rn to look for. Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet While it has the modifiers and complements of a verb, it at the same time has the uses of a noun. Composition-Rhetoric Of mere modifiers and abridgers, the number is so great, and the merit or fame so little, that I will not trespass upon the reader's patience by any further mention of them or their works. The Grammar of English Grammars A phrase is a group of words, not containing a verb, but used as a single modifier. An English Grammar Do not mistake a noun modifier for the noun subject. Practical Grammar and Composition They will not, perhaps, be acknowledged as probabilities by persons who regard science as a destroyer rather than a modifier. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints A comma is often used to separate a subject with several modifiers, or with a long modifier, from the predicate verb. Composition-Rhetoric But, in the phrase, "more than five years afterwards," he would call the same words "a secondary modifier;" i. e., adverb.—Ib., p. The Grammar of English Grammars The logical subject is the simple or grammatical subject, together with all its modifiers. An English Grammar That touch pitch is a modifier of they because it limits the meaning of they; the dependent clause is connected by its subject that to they. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The teacher may suggest predicates, and require the pupils to find as many appropriate modifiers as they can. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Here where is used as a connective and also as a modifier of stayed. Composition-Rhetoric And if mere copyists, compilers, abridgers, and modifiers, be encouraged as they now are, it surely will not advance. The Grammar of English Grammars The elements of a complex sentence are the same as those of the simple sentence; that is, each clause has its subject, predicate, object, complements, modifiers, etc. An English Grammar The part representing when as a modifier of calls is, for convenience, placed above its principal line instead of below it. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The Predicate with its modifiers is called the +Modified Predicate+. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Besides these elementary parts, both subject and predicate may have modifiers. Composition-Rhetoric All the tissues, in our view, are modifiers of the blood by means of an internal secretion taken from them by the venous blood. The Glands Regulating Personality But there is this difference: whereas the simple sentence always has a word or a phrase for subject, object, complement, and modifier, the complex sentence has statements or clauses for these places. An English Grammar The +noun clause+ may be used as +explanatory modifier+. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Let the strife be to see who can supply the greatest number of modifiers to the subject and to the predicate. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The usual modifiers of the subject are:— 1. Composition-Rhetoric Use slightly or somewhat, or some other modifier, instead of kind of. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The definite article is repeated before each of two modifiers of the same noun, when the purpose is to call attention to the noun expressed and the one understood. An English Grammar The punctuation of the explanatory clause is like that of other explanatory modifiers. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition You may learn from this why such modifiers are grouped into one class. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The word-groups which are used as modifiers are the phrase and the clause. Composition-Rhetoric When the verb is employed without 104 its adverbial modifier, the upward direction is always understood. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking In such a case two or more separate objects are usually indicated by the separation of the modifiers. An English Grammar Illustrate and explain the difference between compound and complex word modifiers; between compound and complex phrases; between compound and complex clauses. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Here and elsewhere all modifiers are joined to their principal words by slanting lines. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Constructions of Relative Pronouns.+—Relative pronouns may be used as subject, object, object of a preposition, subject of an infinitive, and possessive modifier. Composition-Rhetoric In truth, the sentence is as clear and as strong and more concise without the use of a modifier. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking One object and several modifiers, with a singular noun. An English Grammar Notice that gazing, inquiring, intending, considering, knowing, and having are all modifiers of I found in the different sentences of paragraph 2. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Preposition is a word that introduces a phrase modifier, and shows the relation, in sense, of its principal word to the word modified+. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room In 1, to write shows its verb nature by governing the object theme; in 2, riding shows its verb nature by taking as a modifier the adverb rapidly. Composition-Rhetoric Among animals there are two main modifiers of conduct, desire and fear. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) The rigid rule in such a case would be, to put the modifier in such a position that the reader not only can understand the meaning intended, but cannot misunderstand the thought. An English Grammar A closer analysis, however would make it a modifier of as. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Let the teacher write on the board a subject and a predicate that will admit of many modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room In this sense, most often an adjectival modifier as in "in my mundane life...." The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 We shall have more compilers and reducers and fewer thinkers; more modifiers and completers, and fewer inventors. Robert Falconer You could sense that his everyday conversation must have been packed with such vivid figures of speech as personification, symbolism, and misplaced modifiers. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Some call it an adverbial modifier, some call it a "retained object," and some say that it is a noun without grammatical construction. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The pupils are to expand the sentence into as many separate sentences as possible, each containing one apt phrase modifier. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room We treat these indirect objects, which generally denote the person to or for whom something is done, as equivalent to phrase modifiers. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Besides these indirect objects, +nouns denoting measure+, quantity, weight, time, value, distance, or direction are often used adverbially, being equivalent to phrase modifiers. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition As a verb it has an adverb modifier, sweetly, and as a noun it names an act and takes a possessive modifier. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition If sooner is here allowed as an idiom, it is a modifier of had. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The first connects two word modifiers; the second, two phrase modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Here singing is simply a noun, naming the act and taking adjective modifiers. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The +participle+ may be used as an +adjective modifier+. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition We may join a word to one of these modifiers and say, The leaves fall very quietly. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition These three dependent clauses in the complex clause modifier, like the three words and the three phrases in the complex word modifier and the complex phrase modifier, are not co-ordinate, or of equal rank. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The complement with all its modifiers is called the +Modified Complement+. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The +infinitive phrase+ may be used as an +explanatory modifier.+ Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition If the interrogative word is subject or a modifier of it, the order is usual. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Solomon's limits temple by telling what or whose temple is spoken of, and is therefore a modifier of temple. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition It also connects pleasure calls, as an adverb modifier, to listen. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition In oral analysis, call Julia's and Mary modifiers of the subject, sister, because Julia's tells whose sister, and Mary explains sister by adding another name of the same person. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room An adjective or a possessive modifier precedes its noun, and an explanatory modifier follows it. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition But, if the explanatory word has several modifiers, or if there are more explanatory words than one, only the principal word takes the sign. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition A noun or pronoun used as explanatory modifier is in the same case as the word explained—"is put by apposition in the same case." Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Preposition is a word that introduces a phrase modifier, and shows the relation, in sense, of its principal word to the word modified.+ Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Her is a modifier of the object, because it tells whose ring is meant. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Under the latter are drawn the lines which represent the modifiers of the principal word. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition A conjunction may connect other parts of the sentence, as two word modifiers—A dark and rainy night follows; Some men sin deliberately and presumptuously. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Preposition is a word that introduces a phrase modifier, and shows the relation, in sense, of its principal word to the word modified.+ Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The line standing for the word modifier is joined to that part of the subject line which represents the entire subject. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Sun is the subject of the dependent clause, and rose is the predicate, and the is a modifier of sun; the sun is the modified subject. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Give the modifiers of passes in paragraph 3. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition When the interrogative word is object or attribute complement, or a modifier of either, what is the order? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The chief difficulty in the punctuation of the different kinds of modifiers is in determining whether or not they are restrictive. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The complement with all its modifiers is called the +Modified Complement.+ Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition In what two ways may nouns be used as modifiers? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Let the pupils see how incomplete the statements are when the restrictive modifiers are omitted, and that the other modifiers are not so necessary to the sense. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room It is often difficult to distinguish an adjective complement from an adverb modifier. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room We treat these words as phrase modifiers without the preposition. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The +infinitive phrase+ may be used as an +adjective modifier+ or an +adverb modifier+. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Give the rule for the punctuation of explanatory modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Nouns denoting measure, quantity, weight, time, value, distance, or direction may be used adverbially, being equivalent to phrase modifiers without the preposition; as, 1. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room You will learn that this noun beasts added to the noun horses is called an explanatory modifier. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room What word, then, makes an adjective modifier of this sentence and joins it to feet? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room As modifiers are joined by slanting lines to the words they modify, you learn from this diagram that that touch pitch is a modifier of they. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The connecting line is not slanting, for one clause is not a modifier of the other. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room We have here prepared the foundations of sentences which you are to complete by writing two or more suitable modifiers to each subject. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Give an example of one modifier joined to another. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Words used to modify the predicate of a sentence and those used to modify modifiers belong to one class, or one part of speech, and are called +Adverbs+. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The lighter lines, placed under and joined to the subject line, stand for the less important parts, the modifiers, and show what is modified. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Out of the four following sentences, build one sentence having three explanatory modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Under the latter, are placed the little slanting lines standing for the modifiers of the principal word. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Build sentences, employing the following phrases as modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Write five sentences, each of which shall contain one or more phrases used as modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The predicate with its modifiers is called the +Modified Predicate+. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Give an example of one modifier joined to another. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Conjunctions may also connect words used as modifiers; as, A daring but foolish feat was performed. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Notice the dotted lines, one standing for the and which connects the two word modifiers; the other, for the and connecting the two phrase modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The pupil will notice also that some of the object and attribute complements above have phrase modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room If the interrogative word is object complement or attribute complement or a modifier of either, the order is transposed. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Place the following adjectives in two columns, one headed descriptive, and the other definitive, then build simple sentences in which they shall be employed as modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Using the following predicates, build sentences having subjects, predicates, and object complements with or without modifiers. —— climb ——; —— hunt ——; —— command ——; —— attacked ——; —— pursued ——; —— shall receive ——; —— have seen ——; —— love ——. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Build sentences in which the following participles shall be used as modifiers. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Is the last sentence now joined to the first as a modifier, or are they two separate sentences? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The, cold, and November are modifiers of the subject. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The Possessive Case of a noun or pronoun denotes its office as possessive modifier. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room As all modifiers are joined by slanting lines, to the words they modify, you learn from this diagram that who is wise is a modifier of man. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The word A and the clause, who is wise, are modifiers of the subject. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room A clause; and then use these three modifiers in three separate sentences. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Write four with the third and the fourth as complements, and four with the third and the fourth as modifiers of the complement:— Whom, who, which, what. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Write a sentence containing a noun in the nominative case, used as an attribute; one in the nominative, used as an explanatory modifier; one in the nominative, used independently. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The clause, when the sun rose, is a modifier of the predicate, because it tells when we started. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room In correcting the position of the adjective clauses in the two examples above, observe the caution for the phrase modifiers, Lesson 41. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room |
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