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This just in: "Thief robs town with world's largest chocolate bunny."
最新消息：”竊賊洗劫了城鎮（有/用）世界上最大的巧克力兔子。”
Wait, so are we talking about this, or this?
等等，我們是在討論這個，還是這個？
That's a classic case of a misplaced modifier, a common grammatical mistake that can dramatically change the meaning of a sentence.
這是一個修飾語錯置的經典案例，一種常見的語法錯誤，可以戲劇性地改變句意。
And lest you think this is a bit far-fetched, confusing headlines like this appear all the time.
恐怕你會有點兒不相信，但像這種引發歧義的標題總會出現。
Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence, which is usually helpful.
修飾語可以是詞、短語和從句，它們為句子的其他部分增添信息，通常來說很有用。
But when modifiers aren't linked clearly enough to the words they're actually referring to, they can create unintentional ambiguity.
但如果修飾語與它真正修飾的詞連接不清晰的話，就會造成無意歧義。
That happens because the modifying words, in this case, "with world's largest chocolate bunny," modify the wrong thing, the robber's actions instead of the town.
這種情況會發生是因為修飾語，在這個例子里，就是“（有/用）世界上最大的巧克力兔子”修飾的對象錯了，是竊賊的行為而不是城鎮。
To correct this particular sentence, we simply rephrase to make it clearer what the modifying phrase is talking about.
為了改正這句話，我們可以改變一下措辭來使修飾的短語更為清晰。
"Town with world's largest chocolate bunny robbed by thief."
改述為“有著世界上最大巧克力兔子的城鎮被竊賊洗劫了。”
Now, at least it's clear that the thief wasn't armed with a giant chocolate animal.
現在這句話就明了多了，而不是說竊賊帶著一只巨大的巧克力兔子。
Sometimes, modifying words, phrases, or clauses don't appear to be modifying anything at all.
有時候，修飾詞、短語或從句好像并沒有修飾任何東西。
That's called a dangling modifier.
這叫做懸垂修飾語。
