writing questions help!

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<p>I'm confused with the concepts of participle modifiers.
ex: walking down the street, I saw beautiful scenery</p>

<p>Would it be okay to switch the participle modifier at the end? like this: I saw beautiful scenery, walking down the street.
^ that doesn't really sound right, it sounds as if the modifier was modifying the scenery and not "I". </p>

<p>so if i want to modify something, i have to put that clause right next to the noun/pronoun I'm trying to modify right?</p>

<p>here's a writing question from the BB.
The tragic story of Paolo and Francesca wast he subject of a poem and a symphony, being popular throughout the nineteenth century.
^is the sentences correct? or is the error being, because being is all the way at the end and I think it should be at the beginning to modify "The tragic story".</p>

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<p>For your first question, yes, you shouldn’t put it at the end. You always want to put it next to the noun you’re modifying or even better: As I walked down the street, I saw beautiful scenery.
And as for the second question, the sentence makes it unclear which noun it’s modifying. If it is modifying tragic story it should be something like: The tragic story of Paolo and Francesca, which had been popular throughout the nineteenth century, wast the subject of a poem and a symphony</p>

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<p>oh sorry, typo! wast he, is actually “was the”.</p>

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<p>please anymore people want to share some advice?</p>