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A modifier describes or modifies something else in the sentence. It is not part of the core sentence. All prepositional phrases are modifiers.
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True.
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It can be helpful to ignore modifiers temporarily in order to help match up subjects and verbs.
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True.
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When a sentence begins with what we'll call a "warm up" or "Introductory Modifiers", followed by a comma, the thing being described should come directly after the comma.
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True.
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What is a "warm up"?
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It is a phrase that begins a sentence but doesn't have a subject.
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The "warm up" creates a question. The question is answered right after the comma.
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True.
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