Is this sentence correct?
If you want to learn about South Korean history and culture, 'Memories of Murder' could be another interesting movie to watch.
Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story, two detectives try their best to find Korea's first serial murderer.
The critic says the rural setting, and scenes where a shaman helps the detectives, could be interesting to foreigners.
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‘Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story, two detectives try their best to find Korea's first serial murderer.’
Is the sentence grammatically correct?
I think that ‘Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story’ is not related to ‘two detectives’.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
Yes, you are correct. "Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story" is a so-called "dangling" participle phrase, which doesn't relate or connect properly to the content that follows. To be correct, it would say: Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story, the film ...
- Yes, you are correct.
- "Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story" is a so-called "dangling" participle phrase, which doesn't relate or connect properly to the content that follows.
- To be correct, it would say: Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story, the film ...
- blah blah ...
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Yes, you are correct. "Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story" is a so-called "dangling" participle phrase, which doesn't relate or connect properly to the content that follows. To be correct, it would say:
Set in the mid-1980s and based on a true story, the film ... blah blah ...
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