Test yourself

Are the modifiers in these sentences correct or misplaced?

1. Did Eve really give her grandfather, for his birthday, an Avril Lavigne concert ticket?
   

   Answer 1:

   a. correct b. misplaced
2. The computer system almost cost $2,000, but Michel had enough money saved from his fire-eating gigs to pay the bill in full.
   

   Answer 2:

   a. correct b. misplaced
3. Place the plate in front of the diner with the meat, not the vegetables, facing the person.
   

   Answer 3:

   a. correct b. misplaced
4. Alice decided to, after a particularly bad week both at work and at home, visit her brother for the weekend.
   

   Answer 4:

   a. correct b. misplaced
5. “Acting simply is not valued by the philistines who grant Academy Awards,” Mimi snorted.
   

   Answer 5:

   a. correct b. misplaced
6. We had almost thrown all our snowballs when our fort was charged by two frenzied redheads from the opposing team.
   

   Answer 6:

   a. correct b. misplaced
7. She loaded the bottles and cans into her husband’s new Porsche 911, which she planned to leave at the recycling centre.
   

   Answer 7:

   a. correct b. misplaced