Misplaced Modifiers

Brushing the horse's mane, the horse ate carrots from its owner.

Brushing the horse's mane, the owner fed carrots to her horse.

James was giggling and not paying attention as the glass vase broke on the ground.

Breaking on the ground, James was giggling and not paying attention to the glass vase.

Jumping in the air, the toddler threw toys.

Jumping in the air, the toys were thrown by the toddler.

Twirling in her dress, the new baby watched her sister.

The new baby watched her sister twirling in a dress.

The boy walked across the room, the teacher observed, to sharpen his pencil.

The teacher observed the boy walking across the room to sharpen his pencil.

He nearly failed every quiz in the unit.

He failed nearly every quiz in the unit.

She enjoys sipping a hot cup of tea.

She enjoys sipping hot tea from her cup.

Her son rarely plays outside.

Her son plays rarely outside.

I read about the bank robbers who were captured in this morning's newspaper.

In this morning's paper, I read about the bank robbers who were captured.

At the age of eight, I was sent to camp by my parents.

At the age of eight, my parents sent me to camp.