5Likes -
3 Post By Raymott -
2 Post By BobK
-
dangling sentence?
I wonder whether the following sentence is correct or not.
"Ten minutes suffice to train on the Segway, learning to maneuver it with ease." (from an ad.)
From my understanding, when two independent sentences are connected, a coordinator or subordinator must be used. If the above sentence is grammatically correct, please let me know why? and if incorrect, please let me know the correct sentence. Thank you very much!
-
Re: dangling sentence?

Originally Posted by
belltrio
I wonder whether the following sentence is correct or not.
"Ten minutes suffice to train on the Segway, learning to maneuver it with ease." (from an ad.)
From my understanding, when two independent sentences are connected, a coordinator or subordinator must be used. If the above sentence is grammatically correct, please let me know why? and if incorrect, please let me know the correct sentence. Thank you very much!
I consider it incorrect. But the second clause can't be a free-standing sentence (it has no finite verb) so this isn't a run-on sentence.
"Ten minutes suffices to learn how to manoeuver the Segway with ease."
-
Re: dangling sentence?
It's a lousy 'sentence'. It expects us to guess what the subject of 'learning' is.
b
Similar Threads
-
By wilder dubois in forum Ask a Teacher
Replies: 1
Last Post: 02-Jul-2012, 22:33
-
By CaseyA in forum Ask a Teacher
Replies: 12
Last Post: 21-Aug-2011, 15:17
-
By navi tasan in forum Ask a Teacher
Replies: 1
Last Post: 06-Apr-2011, 10:42
-
By bbman2007 in forum Text Analysis and Statistics
Replies: 5
Last Post: 15-Jun-2010, 08:07
-
By help_quest in forum Ask a Teacher
Replies: 2
Last Post: 07-Aug-2007, 14:57
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules

Search Engine Optimization by
vBSEO 3.6.1