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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
dangling participles
In the "For Sale" add, "For sale, a piano by a woman with mahogany legs", is the phrase, "with mahogany legs", a dangling participle? If not, what is it?
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Anonymous with mahogany legs A participle is a verb form. I don't think "with" is a verb, do you? I don't think "mahogany" or "legs" are verbs either, do you?
- Anonymous with mahogany legs A participle is a verb form.
- I don't think "with" is a verb, do you?
- I don't think "mahogany" or "legs" are verbs either, do you?
- So I think we have to say that "with mahogany legs" has got nothing to do with participles.
- ________ However, the phrasing makes it sound like the woman has mahogany legs even though the intention was to say that the piano has mahogany legs.
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Anonymouswith mahogany legsA participle is a verb form. I don't think "with" is a verb, do you? I don't think "mahogany" or "legs" are verbs either, do you?
So I think we have to say that "with mahogany legs" has got nothing to do with participles.
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However, the phrasing makes it sound like the woman has mahogany legs ev
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