Dangling or not?
Hi,
I read this sentence the other day:
"Located near Tomich, Scotland, Stuart constructed his own real-life Hobbit house with a magical-looking outside and impressive interior that does the franchise proud."
I know we can say someone "is based in" a place, but does "located" also work this way?
If not, does it have the above sentence bearing a dangling participle?
Thank you.
Top answer
The participle construction with 'located' is fine. Assuming the writer intends the sentence to convey the idea that Stuart is located near Tomich, Scotland, there is no dangling participle. CJ
- The participle construction with 'located' is fine.
- Assuming the writer intends the sentence to convey the idea that Stuart is located near Tomich, Scotland, there is no dangling participle.
- CJ
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The participle construction with 'located' is fine.
Assuming the writer intends the sentence to convey the idea that Stuart is located near Tomich, Scotland, there is no dangling participle.
CJ
0The reader cannot help thinking that "located" refers to the house and see a dangler. In fact, it does and there is. The main problem is incongruity—if you mean to say where Stuart is, there is no reason to put that information here (and we are left to guess at the location of the house), but there is a good reason to say where the house is.
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