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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Is it possible to have a present participle modify a gerund subject?
Would the following sentence be grammatically correct?
Having returned stronger than ever, defeating the scarecrow, tin-man, and oompaloompa will likely prove to be a difficult task.
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It has a dangling modifier. Defeating did not return stronger than ever.
- It has a dangling modifier.
- Defeating did not return stronger than ever.
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It has a dangling modifier. Defeating did not return stronger than ever.
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What about the following sentence?
Considering its tremendous difficulty, parachuting off of a cliff in the middle of the night will almost always end in certain death.
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