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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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please identify the errors and correct this sentence
Leaving the crowd and turning right ar the corner the harbour comes into sight.
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A classic dangling clause. Who is leaving the crowd and turning right at the corner? " Which is ridiculous because harbors can't leave or turn.
- A classic dangling clause.
- Who is leaving the crowd and turning right at the corner?
- " Which is ridiculous because harbors can't leave or turn.
- Try one of these: As we leave the crowd and turn right at the corner, the harbor comes into sight.
- Leaving the crowd and turning right at the corner, we come into sight of the harbor.
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A classic dangling clause. Who is leaving the crowd and turning right at the corner? Your sentence has only one noun available as an antecedent, "harbor." Which is ridiculous because harbors can't leave or turn. Try one of these:
As we leave the crowd and turn right at the corner, the harbor comes into sight.
Leaving the crowd and turning right at the corner, we come into s
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