Dangling modifier
Please help me with the dangling modifier.
Question: For sale: Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with a round bottom for efficient beating.
Answer: For sale: Mixing bowl set with a round bottom for efficient beating designed to please a cook.
Can we accept this as well?
Mixing bowl set designed with a round bottom for efficient beating to please a cook.
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Obviously the first version suggests something quite inappropriate and funny - the second makes the statement clearly and stops us picturing a cook with a round bottom etc. In your alternative version we also do not have to clear up any confusion over the cook's bottom, so I suggest that it makes a perfectly acceptable alternative. It retains the meaning and explains why the cook will be pleased, even if the emphasis has changed very slightly.
- Obviously the first version suggests something quite inappropriate and funny - the second makes the statement clearly and stops us picturing a cook with a round bottom etc.
- In your alternative version we also do not have to clear up any confusion over the cook's bottom, so I suggest that it makes a perfectly acceptable alternative.
- It retains the meaning and explains why the cook will be pleased, even if the emphasis has changed very slightly.
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Obviously the first version suggests something quite inappropriate and funny - the second makes the statement clearly and stops us picturing a cook with a round bottom etc.
In your alternative version we also do not have to clear up any confusion over the cook's bottom, so I suggest that it makes a perfectly acceptable alternative. It retains the meaning and explains why the cook will b
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