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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
A participial construction?
I am now preparing for sample answers for tomorrow's class.
I am supposed to teach the phrase "Speaking from (my) personal experience." I've just realized that this phrase might be a participial construction, in which case I have to match the subject unless it's an absolute participial construction.
(1) Speaking from (my) perosnal experience, I think it's better to get it
done quickly.
(2) Speaking from (my) personal experience, what everyone say is not
true.
I wonder if this phrase is just a set phrase you can use in any way, without worrying about matching the subjects, as in "Judging from the sky, it looks like rain."
I am supposed to teach the phrase "Speaking from (my) personal experience." I've just realized that this phrase might be a participial construction, in which case I have to match the subject unless it's an absolute participial construction.
(1) Speaking from (my) perosnal experience, I think it's better to get it
done quickly.
(2) Speaking from (my) personal experience, what everyone say is not
true.
I wonder if this phrase is just a set phrase you can use in any way, without worrying about matching the subjects, as in "Judging from the sky, it looks like rain."
Top answer
teacherJapan I wonder if this phrase is just a set phrase you can use in any way, without worrying about matching the subjects No, you shouldn't. " That is not correct, either, in careful English. We dangle participles all the time in conversation, but I know of no 'set phrases' that permit it in formal writing.
- teacherJapan I wonder if this phrase is just a set phrase you can use in any way, without worrying about matching the subjects No, you shouldn't.
- " That is not correct, either, in careful English.
- We dangle participles all the time in conversation, but I know of no 'set phrases' that permit it in formal writing.
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teacherJapanI wonder if this phrase is just a set phrase you can use in any way, without worrying about matching the subjectsNo, you shouldn't.
teacherJapan"Judging from the sky, it looks like rain."That is not correct, either, in careful English. We dangle participles all the time in conversation, but I know of no 'set p
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In using "Speaking from pesonal experience," I should match "subjects" in formal writing.
Then, do you think it's safer to use "In my experience," "From my experience, I'd say," and "My experience shows that"
to avoid mistakes?
Then, do you think it's safer to use "In my experience," "From my experience, I'd say," and "My experience shows that"
to avoid mistakes?
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teacherJapan do you think it's safer to use "In my experience," "From my experience, I'd say," and "My experience shows that"Yes, but don't abandon variety.
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