"As a kid, my parents were pretty strict about manners, so I had the way I was with my friends and then my personality with adults, and that's continued a little bit." - Owen Wilson
Owen has misplaced a modifier. The introductory prepositional phrase "as a kid" is followed by a clause in which "my parents" is the subject. The meaning expressed through this syntax is that Owen's parents were "a kid." This does not make sense. To create a logical syntax, either change the prepositional phrase into a dependent clause or move it closer to the word it modifies.
"When I was a kid, my parents were pretty strict about manners, so I had the way I was with my friends and then my personality with adults, and that's continued a little bit."
The introductory dependent clause "when I was a kid" clearly refers to Owen.
"My parents were pretty strict about manners, so as a kid, I had the way I was with my friends and then my personality with adults, and that's continued a little bit."
The prepositional phrase "as a kid" precedes "I" and logically modifies this pronoun.
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