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1Modifier — Mod i*fi er, n. 1. One who, or that which, modifies. Hume. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) A word or phrase that modifies another word, phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified.… …
2modifier — /mod euh fuy euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that modifies. 2. Gram. a. a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction. b. the immediate constituent of an… …
3modifier — mod•i•fi•er [[t]ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that modifies 2) gram. a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction • Etymology: 1575–85 usage: See… …
4modifier — /ˈmɒdəfaɪə / (say moduhfuyuh) noun 1. someone or something that modifies. 2. Grammar a word, phrase, or sentence element which limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction: adjectives are modifiers …
5Dangling modifier — A dangling modifier, a specific case of which is the dangling participle,[1] is an error in sentence structure whereby a grammatical modifier is associated with a word other than the one intended, or with no particular word at all. For example, a …
6Right-branching sentence — In English grammar, a right branching sentence is a sentence in which the main subject of the sentence is described first, and is followed by a sequence of modifiers that provide additional information about the subject. For example, the… …
7Longest English sentence — There have been several claims for the longest sentence in the English language.There is no absolute limit on the length of an English sentence. A sentence describing successive numbers, for example, could stretch to infinity, and one… …
8Garden path sentence — Garden path sentences are used in psycholinguistics to illustrate that human beings process language one word at a time. The name refers to the saying to be led down the garden path , meaning to be misled . An example is:: The horse raced past… …
9Grammatical modifier — In grammar, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure;[1] the removal of the modifier typically doesn t affect the grammaticality of the sentence. In English, adverbs and adjectives prototypically function as… …
10misplaced modifier — mis′placed mod′ifier n. oce gram. a word, phrase, or clause that seems to refer to or modify an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence, as when young in When young, circuses appeal to all of us[/ex] • usage: Sometimes, as in the… …
