Friday, August 12, 2011

Which grammatical phrase is right?

Growing up in Upper St. Claire, my brothers and I ...is the correct sentence. The first sentence uses a misplaced modifier because the rules of English grammar tell us that a modifying phrase like "As a child growing up in Upper St. Claire..." must be followed immediately by the word that it describes; the first sentence makes it sound like the child was "my brothers". The second sentence is phrased in a way that avoids the misplaced modifier.

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