Move awkwardly placed modifiers - Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers - Clarity

Rules for writers, Tenth edition - Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers 2021

Move awkwardly placed modifiers
Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers
Clarity

A sentence should flow from subject to verb to object, without lengthy detours along the way. When a long adverbial word group separates a subject from its verb, a verb from its object, or a helping verb from its main verb, the result is often awkward.

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FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS

When writing in English, take care not to place an adverb between a verb and its object. See 30e.

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