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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Squinting modifier #196749 01/28/2011 1:47 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 How does one re-create examples of a squinting modifier? I read this sentence as an example, "Children who laugh rarely are shy." I tried to create another example but could not. Does it occur when you place a modifier incorrectly in a copula sentence? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Squinting modifier Avy 01/28/2011 1:47 AM Re: Squinting modifier tsuwm 01/28/2011 2:12 AM Re: Squinting modifier Avy 01/28/2011 2:26 AM Re: Squinting modifier zmjezhd 01/28/2011 3:36 AM Re: Squinting modifier olly 01/28/2011 4:07 AM Re: Squinting modifier Avy 01/28/2011 8:30 AM Re: Squinting modifier Faldage 01/28/2011 12:07 PM Re: Squinting modifier Avy 01/28/2011 12:44 PM Re: to squintingly modify zmjezhd 01/28/2011 2:44 PM Re: to squintingly modify Faldage 01/29/2011 1:46 AM Re: to squintingly modify LukeJavan8 01/29/2011 2:02 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,354 Members9,209 Most Online5,626 Mar 4th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,191 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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