Giving the modifier something to modify will solve the problem.

给语一个对象就会解决这个问题。

And again, you can change the modifier.

同样，你可以改变语。

Here's a use of principle as a modifier.

这里有一个原则作为语的用法。

You could replace " much" with another modifier.

你可以用另一个语代替 much。

These are like different kinds of modifiers — adjectives, adverbs, adverbial phrases, and so on.

这些就像不同种的语——形容词、词、状语短语等等。

The same thing is true of the modifiers " up to, " and " over" .

语" up" 和" over" 也是如此。

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language calls these " prepositional modifiers" .

剑桥英语语法称这些为" 介词语" 。

A split infinitive happens when an adverb or other modifier is placed between " to" and the verb.

词或其他语置于" to" 和动词之间时，就会出现分裂不定式。

Then there's another group called the squinting modifiers because they're stuck between two things and could feasibly refer to either.

还有一种叫做岐形语因为它们被卡在两样东西之中，哪一个都讲得通。

Right, so if you just add a modifier slightly more than 1 in 10, that could be 12 percent, sure.

好的，若依如果你加上一个语，略大于十分之一，这可以表示 12%，然。

So a lot of times a modifier is describing something else in the sentence.

所以很多时候语是在描述句子中的其他内容。

And then just make sure that that noun or phrase comes right after the modifier.

然后确保该名词或短语紧跟在语之后。

So a modifier is always supposed to come right before the word or phrase that it's modifying.

所以语总是应该出现在它所的单词或短语之前。

[Voiceover] Sure, so, well one major modifier that you think of is an adjective.

- [画外音]然，你想到的一个主要语是形容​​词。

You can find a list of common nouns used as modifiers with the text version of the story on our website, learningenglish. voanews. com.

你可以在我们的网站 learningenglish. voanews. com. 上找到作为常用的作为语的词。

So you can use these modifiers, just under, just below, just over, just above, slightly more, slightly less to modify these...these very useful vocabulary.

所以你可以使用这些语，不到，低于，高于，超过，略大于，略小于来这些非常有用的词汇。

But what's nice about adjectives, and modifiers of all kinds, is that they add something extra, they add more detail.

但是形容词和各种语的好处在于它们添加了一些额外的东西，它们添加了更多细节。

The reason for these split infinitives has to do with the nature of the modifiers " more than, " " up to" and " over" .

这些分裂不定式的原因与语" more than" 、" up to" 和" over" 的性质有关。

So be very, very careful where you place your modifier to make sure that you get across the meaning that you want to get across.

所以在放置语的地方要非常非常小心，以确保你表达了你想要表达的意思。

A modifier is anything in a sentence, it could be an adjective or an adverb, a clause, a phrase, anything that modifies something else in the sentence.

语是句子中的任何东西，它可以是形容词或词、从句、短语，任何句子中其他事物的东西。