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Karim saw a dead horse walking on the road. (Correct the sentence)

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Karim saw a dead horse walking on the road. = Karim saw a dead horse lying on the road.

Najjar Hossain Raju

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Modifiers

যে Word বা Phrase কোন noun এর পূর্বে বা পরে বসে উক্ত noun কে modify করে, তাকে Modifier বলে।

যেমন:

A young man is coming.
An orphan boy of eight lives here.

উপরের গুলোতে মোটা অক্ষরে লিখিত Word বা Phrase গুলো Modifier.

Modifier প্রধানত দুই প্রকার।

Pre modifier.
Post modifier.

Pre Modifier কাকে বলে?

যে Modifier noun এর পূর্বে বসে তাকে Pre-modifier বলে।

যেমন:

He is a wise man

এখানে Wise Pre- Modifier যা Noun man শব্দের পূর্বে বসে man শব্দকে Modify করেছে তাই Wise Pre-Modifier।

Post Modifier কাকে বলে?

যে Modifier noun এর পরে বসে তাকে Post-modifier বলে।

যেমন:

I found the problem solved.

বাক্যে solved post modifier যা noun the problem এর পরে বসে the problem কে modify করেছে তাই solved post modifier।

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Walking down the road, a bus hit Mr. Khan. (correct the sentence)

BCS 11th BCS Written English Modifiers

537

উত্তরঃ Walking down the road, Mr. Khan was hit by a bus.

The original sentence contains a common grammatical error known as a dangling participle or dangling modifier. A participial phrase or other introductory phrase is said to "dangle" when the noun it describes is not clearly stated in the sentence, or when it modifies a word other than the one intended.

In the sentence "Walking down the road, a bus hit Mr. Khan," the participial phrase "Walking down the road" incorrectly seems to modify "a bus." Logically, it is Mr. Khan who was walking down the road, not the bus.

To correct a dangling modifier, you can:

Change the main clause so its subject is the noun that the modifier describes. (e.g., "Walking down the road, Mr. Khan was hit by a bus.")
Rewrite the participial phrase as a subordinate clause with its own subject. (e.g., "While Mr. Khan was walking down the road, a bus hit him.")

The corrected sentence "Walking down the road, Mr. Khan was hit by a bus" makes it clear that Mr. Khan is the one performing the action of walking, thereby resolving the ambiguity and correcting the dangling modifier.