A sentence can contain all the right details and still briefly attach one to the wrong person. Revision begins by checking which noun a descriptive phrase appears to modify.
Test the unintended reading
Consider this invented sentence: “Mara handed the cup to Joel with a cracked handle.” A reader may momentarily connect the handle with Joel. Moving the detail gives a cleaner route: “Mara handed Joel the cup with the cracked handle.”
If both people have cups, even that revision might need another change. The surrounding scene determines how much identification is necessary.
Follow the sentence in reading order
Read from left to right and pause where the description arrives. Ask what object or person is most available in the reader’s mind at that instant. Your knowledge of the scene can hide an ambiguity that a first-time reader encounters immediately.
Try two versions, then keep the one that supplies the intended connection without extra explanation. This is a focused revision pass, not a demand that every sentence use the same order. You are checking whether the reader can assign each detail correctly before moving on to the action.