Dear Mike,
I forget to mention one point. The following is from my grammar book:
given time: This is a past participle phrase. Further examples,
Given opportunities, the boy will make a good artist.
In this structure, dangling participle should be avoided. The participle should be correctly related to the subject of teh sentence, denoting a condition for the subject.
My quesiton is: why in this structure dangling participle should be avoided?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang
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Originally Posted by jiang  Dear Mike,
Thank you very much for your explanation.
No.1 It must be a mistake.
No.2 I am glad my rephrase is correct.
No.3 I'd like to explain what I understand to make sure I understand your explanation correctly.
There are past participles and present participles in English. A dangling participle refers to present participle as in your example 'lighting a car'. Is that right?
I am quoting the part in my grammar to make sure I understand the explanation:
given time: This is a past participle phrase. Further examples,
Given opportunities, the boy will make a good artist.
In this structure, dangling participle should be avoided. The participle should be correctly related to the subject of teh sentence, denoting a condition for the subject.
After I read your explanation I think what the book meant is I can write 'Giving time' because that would mean 'The boy gives time to others'. Is that right?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang |