Welcome to English Forums, Yuanzhe! After studying it for 3 years, my love for it grew / got deeper. After studying it for 3 years, I have more love for it.
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Yuanzhe ZhangAfter studying it for 3 years, my loveI consider that to be dangling participle - it sounds as if your love has been studying for three years.infor it gets deeper.
fivejedjonI consider that to be dangling participle - it sounds as if your love has been studying for three years.I thought about that, but there is a preposition, so it is a prepositional phrase (adverbial), not a dangler.
Yuanzhe ZhangMy point is, whether to use I or my, are they both correct??They are both correct. 'my' goes with 'love'; 'I' goes with 'have'. As for the rest of your sentence, I'd change it a bit.
AlpheccaStarsthere is a preposition, so it is a prepositional phrase (adverbial), not a dangler. There does need to be an antecedent for the pronoun, though.I don't think that the type of phrase makes any difference. In the sentence as it stands, what has been studying something
fivejedjon After studying it for 3 years, my love for it grows deeper.?AlpheccaStarsthere is a preposition, so it is a prepositional phrase (adverbial), not a dangler. There does need to be an antecedent for the pronoun, though.I don't think that the type of phrase makes any difference. In the sentence as it stands, what has been studying something is 'my love'.This could