Dangling modifiers #3
The following sentence contains a dangling modifier. Can you help me spot/identify it? Also, how should the sentence read? Thank you
But a year is a long time and, having bitched and moaned about him for ages, his [Jonathan Ross's] departure suddenly feels very sudden.
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But a year is a long time and, having bitched and moaned about him for ages, we (or any other suitable subject)feel his [Jonathan Ross's] departure was very sudden.
- But a year is a long time and, having bitched and moaned about him for ages, we (or any other suitable subject)feel his [Jonathan Ross's] departure was very sudden.
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0The sentence reads with the idea that his departure did the ******** and moaning. That is the problem. The dangling modifier is "having bitched and moaned about his for ages." Another problem with the sentence is that "him" doesn't have a clear antecedent. It seems like there is another person involved, that Jonathan was ******** and moaning about some other man. It's hard to fix the sentence
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