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Originally Posted by Gilles L Dear Teacher,
Can you help me with Dangling modifyers
Is there a section in you Web Site that gives a thorough explanation of "dangling modifyers" and how to avoid them ?
Thank you
Gilles L |
First Gilles, you have to realize that dangling modifiers are not the big deal that they're made out to be. For formal writing, we would take much greater pains to avoid them, but they happen all the time in speech and common sense sees us through with nary a bump.