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Ye Thu Posted 10 years ago
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1. After travelling for a number of days, their dry rations ran out.
2. After travelling for a number of days, they ran out of their dry rations.
Are these two sentences grammatical? Thanks a lot.
2. After travelling for a number of days, they ran out of their dry rations.
Are these two sentences grammatical? Thanks a lot.
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(1) has a dangling participle problem: obviously the intended meaning is that "they" were travelling, but literally it says that their dry rations were travelling. In (2), I would delete the word "their".
- (1) has a dangling participle problem: obviously the intended meaning is that "they" were travelling, but literally it says that their dry rations were travelling.
- In (2), I would delete the word "their".
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(1) has a dangling participle problem: obviously the intended meaning is that "they" were travelling, but literally it says that their dry rations were travelling.
In (2), I would delete the word "their".
In (2), I would delete the word "their".
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