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Mango pen 189 Posted 4 years ago
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Dangling Modifier

A- She sees him play soccer after school seemingly carefree as always. (The modifier describes "him")


Is the highlighted modifier considered dangling? I came across in a foreign movie.

  

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mango pen 189 Is the highlighted modifier considered dangling? No. She sees him play soccer.

  • mango pen 189 Is the highlighted modifier considered dangling?
  • No.
  • She sees him play soccer.
  • She also sees him carefree as always.
  • We connect that effortlessly.
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mango pen 189Is the highlighted modifier considered dangling?

No. She sees him play soccer. She also sees him carefree as always. We connect that effortlessly.

I would add a comma after "school".

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mango pen 189Is the highlighted modifier considered dangling?

No.


By the way:

mango pen 189I came across it in a foreign movie.

As shown above.

CJ

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