Our last tip discussed ways of saving innocent sentence participants from guilt by misplaced association. Today we'll look at another miscarriage of justice, where intention is ascribed to the wrong action.

The following sentence says that Bigdor's very act of suggesting will keep your cupboards mite-free:

"To keep your cupboard free of corn mites, Bigdor suggests that you store open containers of cornmeal in the root cellar."

This incongruity has several cures. Here are a couple:

Swap the beginning and end of the sentence: "Bigdor suggests that you store open containers of cornmeal in the root cellar to keep your cupboard free of corn mites."

Or add a second comma to set Bigdor off from what it is suggesting: "To keep your cupboard free of corn mites, Bigdor suggests, store open containers of cornmeal in the root cellar."