For example, do a Google search for “misplaced modifiers” and “funny” and you may learn the following fact: “Nearly 600,000 men get a vasectomy in the United States each year.” ...

Late December seems like a pretty good time to take stock of the year’s foremost misplaced modifiers. As always, the thrill is in the hunt. If you keep your eyes and ears open, pretty soon yo… ...

I didn’t wear glasses until I was 19.

What happens when a writer puts a word or phrase in the wrong place? It’s not pretty. Consider these examples spotted by readers in newspapers and magazines . . . er, that readers have spotte… ...

I don’t remember many grammar lessons from junior high school, but for whatever reason, one sentence from the lesson about dangling and misplaced modifiers has stuck with me. Here’s the ...