August, 2011 | Technical Communication Center

Misplaced Modifier in the News Story About Libya

Here is a misplaced modifier from a recent news story:

“Jubilant Libyans clambered over Gaddafi’s iconic statue of a fist crushing a U.S. plane which was built after he fended off airstrikes in 1986.”

Can you tell what’s wrong with this sentence?

It reads as though [...]

We technical writers can’t get enough of two things: computer memory and monitor display area. The more the merrier, both of them.

Here is how you can add a second monitor to your Windows system easily to edit your documents with more elbow space.

First make [...]

You can create a nice looking cover within seconds by using MS Word.

1) Place your cursor in the beginning of your MS Word document.

2) From the ribbon, select Insert > Quick Parts >Building Blocks Organizer:

3) In the Building Blocks Organizer dialog box, [...]