Who wears the white coat?
Hi~. In the following sentences, who do you think is the subejct of wearing the knee-length white coat?
The doctor or the person "I"? It's confusing for me to decide from the context, considering both grammatically and in meaning. Thanks for your help.
The doctor eventually arrived to speak with my mother and me. That is when I
saw the doctor’s white coat as what it truly is, an understandable distractor.
Wearing a knee-length white coat, I looked down as he spoke. As I
peered downward, I noticed a failed attempt by the white coat to camouflage
my brother’s blood that covered his lower pants legs and boots. The
doctor began to explain that my brother was in a very critical condition,
Top answer
The person "I". In this structure, as far as I know the subject the closest is the actor of the verb (wear).
- The person "I".
- In this structure, as far as I know the subject the closest is the actor of the verb (wear).
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The person "I". In this structure, as far as I know the subject the closest is the actor of the verb (wear).
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This is a good example of a misplaced (dangling) modifier.
According to that sentence, the person wearing the white coat is "I" (the speaker.)
Misplace modifiers can create very funny sentences.
I was very hungry. Walking downstairs for dinner, the steak smelled d
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