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Identify, explain and correct the error of style in: Although her mother was in it, thieves stole a suitcase containing money and jewellery from the car of Mrs Hester Williams yesterday

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The error of style in this text springs from the fact that:

  • There is a misplaced modifier. The reader cannot explicitly point to the place where the mother was in. They are confused and might think that the mother is in the suitcase instead of the car. To correct this mistake, the word, 'it' should be removed and the term made more explicit. Having said this, the corrected form will be:
  • Although her mother was in the car, thieves stole a suitcase containing money and jewelry from Mrs. Hester Williams yesterday.

What are misplaced modifiers?

A misplaced modifier is a sort of statement where the writer does not really make a point clear. The reader at this point is confused and they cannot completely point to the modifier that describes the subject in the sentence. We see an example of the misplaced modifier in the sentence above.

The writer did not point out where the mother was clearly for the reader to understand. To correct the style, the word, 'it' which lends a lot of confusion to the text should be removed and replaced with a more explicit modifier.

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