A modifier is a word or group of words that describes another word or group of words.
Modifiers can appear anywhere in a sentence.
Hoping that class would be canceled , the students waited for the teacher to decide what to do. The meat roasting in the oven smells delicious. The audience applauded wildly . When you are writing a sentence with an introductory modifier, be sure that the word being described follows immediately after the modifier. Walking across campus yesterday , the sprinklers came on.