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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Hanging participle
"By ditching the old parties and backing an untried interloper, France has taken what Disraeli called a leap in the dark." (The Guardian.)
Is phrase By ditching the old parties and backing an untried interloper a hanging participle in the above?
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, France has taken .... That's a matching participle clause, not a hanging clause. CJ
- , France has taken ....
- That's a matching participle clause, not a hanging clause.
- CJ
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No, because "France" is the implied subject of the participle clause:
Because France has ditched the old parties ..., France has taken ....
That's a matching participle clause, not a hanging clause.
CJ
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