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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
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Dangling Modifier
Coupled with TRIO’s Digital Asset management systems, you can now reduce and even eliminate inventory of print materials by printing only when you need them.
Do you agree this is a dangling modifier?
Would you avoid writing wording it thus?
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Do you agree this is a dangling modifier?
Would you avoid writing wording it thus?
Cheers
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Hi, Coupled with TRIO’s Digital Asset management systems , you can now reduce and even eliminate inventory of print materials by printing only when you need them. Do you agree this is a dangling modifier? Yes, I have no idea what it relates to.
- Hi, Coupled with TRIO’s Digital Asset management systems , you can now reduce and even eliminate inventory of print materials by printing only when you need them.
- Do you agree this is a dangling modifier?
- Yes, I have no idea what it relates to.
- Would you avoid writing wording it thus?
- Yes.
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Hi,
Coupled with TRIO’s Digital Asset management systems, you can now reduce and even eliminate inventory of print materials by printing only when you need them.
Do you agree this is a dangling modifier? Yes, I have no idea what it relates to.
Would you avoid writing wording it thus?
Coupled with TRIO’s Digital Asset management systems, you can now reduce and even eliminate inventory of print materials by printing only when you need them.
Do you agree this is a dangling modifier? Yes, I have no idea what it relates to.
Would you avoid writing wording it thus?
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Coupled with TRIO’s Digital Asset management systems, you can now reduce and even eliminate inventory of print materials by printing only when you need them.
As well as what we can do with Trio's Digital Asset management systems, we can now reduce and even eliminate inventory print materials by printing only when you need them.
Or, a different possible meaning perhaps:
As well as what we can do with Trio's Digital Asset management systems, we can now reduce and even eliminate inventory print materials by printing only when you need them.
Or, a different possible meaning perhaps:
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Hi,
Yes, those versions I can understand.
I suspect the latter one is the intended meaning of the original sentence.
Clive
Yes, those versions I can understand.
I suspect the latter one is the intended meaning of the original sentence.
Clive
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