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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Dangling

Isn't the following sentence an example of, what they say, "dangling modifier"?

"Judging by the results of previous schemes, notably the food-for-work programme, which successfully prevented famine in post-colonial India, the quality of the work is not the priority."
  

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Selvakumar Isn't the following sentence an example of, what they say, "dangling modifier"? " You are correct. ", the subject of the sentence.

  • Selvakumar Isn't the following sentence an example of, what they say, "dangling modifier"?
  • " You are correct.
  • ", the subject of the sentence.
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SelvakumarIsn't the following sentence an example of, what they say, "dangling modifier"?

"Judging by the results of previous schemes, notably the food-for-work programme, which successfully prevented famine in post-colonial India, the quality of the work is not the priority."
You are correct. "Judging.......schemes" cannot describe "the quality

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