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Article #1403Re: Dangling Participle;is this grammer?
From: Sir Pooh de Bear
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:32
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:32
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In <1icn04INN6f7@morrow.stanford.edu> CT.MMJ@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michelle Jahanpour) writes: >Can anyone out there tell me what a "dangling participle" is? It >sounds really lewd to me! When in doubt, take a look in your Freshman English handbook. According to _The Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers_, a dangling modifier is "A modifying phrase that doesn't seem connected to any other word or phrase in a sentence." The examples offered: Before deciding on a strategy, a date has to be choosen. On coming back to school, baby-sitters aren't easy to find. -- w scott thune email wsthune@iastate.edu The fog comes on little cat feet. -- Carl Sandburg Obviously, Mr. Sandburg never heard a cat walk across a linoleum floor.
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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!vincent1.iastate.edu!wsthune From: wsthune@iastate.edu (Sir Pooh de Bear) Subject: Re: Dangling Participle;is this grammer? Message-ID: <wsthune.726280354@vincent1.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <1icn04INN6f7@morrow.stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:32:34 GMT Lines: 23