Misplaced and dangling modifiers
Having won more than $200,000 during her career, her performances include victories in over 20 tournaments.
I think it would be better...
During her career, her performances include victories in over 20 tournaments winning more than 200,000.
? Is this correct
200,000 what?
If I put a dollar sign in front of $200,000 would it be correct.
Almost.
You also need a comma after "tournaments."
Well, wait a minute...
Did the tournaments win $200,000?
no, the tournaments did not win
What about this?
Having won more than $200,000 during her career, she has been victorious in more than 20 tournaments.
Super!
oh good
Your attempt at revising the sentence is on the right track, but there are still some issues with misplaced and dangling modifiers. Here's a corrected version:
"Having won more than $200,000 during her career, she has achieved victories in over 20 tournaments."
In the original sentence, the modifier "Having won more than $200,000 during her career" is a present participle phrase, which correctly modifies the subject "she." However, the modifier is followed by the pronoun "her," which creates a misplaced modifier. To fix this, we change "her" to "she" so that the pronoun matches the subject.
Additionally, the phrase "her performances include victories in over 20 tournaments" doesn't properly connect to the first part of the sentence. To make it clearer and more concise, we can rephrase it as "she has achieved victories in over 20 tournaments."
Remember, a misplaced modifier occurs when the modifier is not placed close enough to the word it modifies, while a dangling modifier is a modifier that doesn't have a clear word or phrase to modify. To avoid these issues, make sure modifiers are placed properly and clearly refer to the intended subject.