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I wonder if anybody's heard any good misplaced modifiers while lounging in my living room?

Asked by Blueroses (18256points) May 25th, 2011

Misplaced Modifier Definition:
Words, phrases, or clauses that do not clearly relate to the word or phrase they are intended to modify, often changing the meaning of the sentence in hilarious ways.

Everybody knows Groucho Marx’s “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.”
In this case the words “in my pajamas” was intended to describe “I” and not the elephant.

I laughed at “Across the valley, I could see a mountain sheep with my glasses on.”
So that’s where my glasses went

What are the best examples you’ve heard or read?

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