It is like the foundation and framework of a house. But the house is not complete without walls, ceilings, paint, wallpaper, furnishings, and so on. In the same way, the meaning of the main clause is completed, clarified, enhanced by modifiers. In fact, the ability to create and skillfully use various combinations of modifiers lies at the heart of a mature writing style.
Bound modifiers are generally adjectives and adverbs.
Thus, the basic shape of postwar Europe was emerging. Example 2 A vibrating tuning fork produces alternate compressions and rarefactions of the air neaby. Since most writers know how to use bound modifiers, we'll concentrate on free modifiers, the kind that modify clauses and that may be moved to one or more alternate points in the sentence. The dispute over taxes and representation flared up again in 1773. The AFL-CIO , working to elect candidates favorable to labor, has been quite active.