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Teleostomi Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Dangling participle: which type is more acceptable?

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10(1) SVM, (participle) [M=modifier]12br
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10Which type is higher in acceptability than the other? 02br
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00(1) ...(I couldn't think of an example!)02br
00(2) She met a girl, carrying a basked full of fruits.02br
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00(Is 2 really an example of a dangling participle?)0-
  

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0I'm not sure what you mean. 02i 02br 02br 00The JUDGE was not the person determined to be sane, but that's how it reads. " Again, it was not the Board of Regents who had been doing the studying and the demonstrating.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0I'm not sure what you mean.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00The JUDGE was not the person determined to be sane, but that's how it reads.
  • " Again, it was not the Board of Regents who had been doing the studying and the demonstrating.
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0I'm not sure what you mean. Here's an example of a dangling participle:02br
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01i00Having been determined to have been sane when it was written, the judge decided to allow Peter's will to be executed.02i02br
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00The JUDGE was not the person determined to be sane, but that's how it reads. 02br
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00My old college
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0Hi, Barbara02br
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00Is it common to use 'dangling participle' among the educated people in America? 050010id1
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0 I don't think more than one one-hundredth of one percent of the people in America would have the slightest idea what a dangling participle was. It's more of a special term for use in language classes.02br
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0The sentence Grammar Geek has given me is the type (1) in my first post.02br
00Isn't (1) in minority than (2)?02br
00Thanks you!0-
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0Can you give an example of the second time? 02br
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00Do you mean something like "Hopefully, he will come soon." - Because "he" is not hopeful, but I am? In that case, "hopefully" has come to be accepted as meaning "I hope that" and isn't a problem.0-
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0First, thank you very much for correcting my numbering of my sentences!02br
00Second, I'm sorry for the confusion. I tried to edit my post, but couldn't as there seems no edit button.02br
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00I now see why dangling participle should be avoided though it's often heard especially in spoken English (because it is confusing!). 02br
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00Now,
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0 Hi Teleostomi02br
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00No, both are equally bad. I might rewrite it this way:02br
01i00Jane ran away from the 01b00furiously 02b00barking 00dog. 02i02br
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00Or, you might write it a little differently this way:02br
01i01b00Barking furiously,02b00 the dog cha
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