combining sentences

could some one give me a sample of a combined sentence
dangled modifier
passive voice

You can Google the terms to find examples of all of these things easily enough.

Dangling modifier:



The phrase "after looking at the numbers" applies to... who? Nobody in the sentence. The noun it should modify is absent. Therefore, it is a dangling modifier.

To fix that sentence, we could say:


Now the noun that the clause modifies is where it should be, right next to the clause.

Passive voice:



Here we have two examples of passive voice in the same sentence. To fix it, we say:


There are so many different ways to combine sentences! You're better off consulting a grammar guide where you can see several examples of all of the different ways.

Hey, would your example be a dangling modifier, or a misplaced one? It does in fact apply to something -- the economic forecast. It's just the wrong thing. Or is that just another term for the same thing? It's been awhile since I studied formal grammar.

No, the economic forecast did not look at the numbers. A forecast cannot look at numbers. The person looking at the numbers does not appear in the sentence; hence the modifier is dangling.

Here's a link to an article on dangling modifiers. I have to admit that I still don't fully grasp the idea. I am at risk of leaving a few modifiers dangling precariously in my future.

owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/597/01/

Exactly, which is why I said it modifies the wrong thing. However, according to the sentence, the economic forecast did look at the numbers. That is, the modifier modifies what it always does, the noun that follows it immediately after the comma. This is what I was taught was a misplaced modifier. I guess referring to it as a dangling modifier makes more sense though, as the thing that needs to be modified is actually missing, and so there is no way to actually fix the sentence merely by moving the modifier about.

Precisely. That's the difference between a dangling modifier and a misplaced modifier. If you look up examples of dangling modifiers, you'll find many in the same form as my example.