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Glossary 18.10 Glossary
- Ambiguity.
When a sentence has more than one possible interpretation.
- Antecedent.
The noun that a pronoun refers to.
- Dangling modifier.
A modifier that doesn’t logically connect to any element in the sentence.
- Faulty parallelism.
A coordination error where joined elements are not in the same grammatical form.
- Misplaced modifier.
A modifier positioned away from what it modifies, creating confusion.
- Parallel structure.
Grammatical similarity among coordinated elements.
- Pronoun reference.
The relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent.
- Readability.
The ease with which text can be read and understood.
- Squinting modifier.
A modifier ambiguously positioned between two elements it could modify.
- Structural ambiguity.
When a sentence’s grammatical structure allows more than one interpretation.
