USAGE 189 . . L’il Folks L’il . Sopwith Camel that I like. that fan, for his birthday. CLASS DATE Peanuts features . features pages 295–300 pages that I like that comic strips in the attic that Bill collected? Peanuts The comic strip features Charlie Brown strip features comic The strip comic The Charlie Brown and his gang teach readers valuable lessons, including a beagle and lessons, including a beagle valuable readers and his gang teach Charlie Brown a bird. Underline the misplaced phrase or clause in the following sentences. clause in the following or phrase Underline the misplaced Then, an arrow draw has given its millions of readers many laughs, originally called has given its millions of readers CORRECT A Place modifying words,Place phrases, modify. they the words as possible to clauses as near and Dating as far back as 1951, Bill has comic strips. Bill was given the collection, whose father is a Did you see the box of Schulz created his comic strip for almost fifty years called his comic strip for almost fifty years Schulz created of about a funny group languages twenty-one different The comic strip was published in children. neighborhood Pumpkin. baseball and the Great my favorites about sandlot The comic strips are most finally hitting a home run. that I like the The one is about Charlie Brown who loves baseball. worries about his batting ability, Charlie Brown name is . personality whose beagle has an adventurous Charlie Brown’s I called the War in World Snoopy flies an imaginary airplane I airplane. War who also flies a World Snoopy’s safety, often threatens The evil Red Baron nicknamed “Joe Cool.” The beagle is confident and comical, doghouse. Snoopy writes novels sitting on his speaks. who rarely novels, great takes shorthand for Snoopy’s The bird Linus sucks his thumb, carrying a security blanket. Pumpkin. He anxiously awaits hoping to see the Great pals. who are on Charlie Brown, crush a secret share Peppermint and not always childhood ones. are talk of hope, faith, and love, whose problems Schulz’s children Peanuts Beth showed me a magazine article about Charles Schulz in the library. Beth showed me a magazine article CHAPTER 11:CHAPTER CORRECTLY MODIFIERS USING MISPLACED CLAUSE MISPLACED 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. XERCISE from the phrase or clause to its correct in the sentence. location or clause to the phrase from Example 1. Misplaced Phrases and Clauses Phrases Misplaced 20. 19. 18. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics:Grammar, Language Skills Practice E NAME for

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