From:
GOOD_Fastfacts: Improving Your Grammar
Example: The supervisor told me they needed someone who could type
badly.
(my comment: from the above one gets the impression that the supervisor is in need of someone whose typing skills are bad wheras the sentence actually wants to convey that the supervisor is
desperate for someone who can type).
Better: The supervisor told me they
badly needed someone who could type.
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Example: The fish was found by a fisherman
floating in the river. (who was floating?)
(my comment: the above gives the impression that it's the fisherman who is floating while it's the fish that was floating in the river)
Better: The fish was found
floating in the river by a fisherman.
Or: The fisherman found the fish
floating in the river.
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Example:
Wearing high boots, the snake failed to injure the supervisor. (the snake is wearing high boots)
(my comment: gives the impression that the *snake* was wearing high boots - :-D)
Better:
Wearing high boots, the supervisor was protected from the snake. Or: Because the supervisor was
wearing high boots, the snake did not injure him.
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Always place modifiers as close as possible to the words they modify.
Hope that helps!
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