Noun Modifiers

[BK87]

In the "Modifiers" chapter of the sentence correction book, the example...."The engineer identified the problem, using the latest technology," is given.

I don't understand why this is right. Isn't "using the latest technology" modifying the noun, "engineer?" If so, why doesn't the modifier have to touch the noun? What makes this example a verb modifier? The modifier is modifying "engineer"-- a noun.

Thanks.

[BK87]

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[RonPurewal]

the modifier describes how the engineer identified the problem. so, it describes the entire idea of that sentence.

[RonPurewal]

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we answer these things from oldest to newest, so doing this ^^ will just make you wait longer.