A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies or describes. This can make a sentence confusing or cause it to mean something that was not intended. In this case, the misplaced modifier is in the following sentence: "The band played songs for the crowd with guitars." The sentence read as if the crowd has guitars, when the reality is that the band played songs with guitars for the crowd. The band had the guitars, not the crowd. This could be interpreted incorrectly with the misplaced modifier.