78.5k views
2 votes
What do you call the noun or a pronoun without its modifier

User Dbinott
by
7.2k points

1 Answer

3 votes

Answer: Having nothing to modify, the phrase just “dangles” without purpose (hence its name). Modifiers usually apply to the nearest noun to them. When writers leave out the noun or noun phrase they intend to modify, the modifier may appear to refer to something else

Step-by-step explanation:

Non modifier

User Zaira
by
8.0k points