unlike his face

[navi tasan]

Which is correct:
1) Unlike his face, I remember hers.
2) I don't remember his face, unlike hers.

I think that '1' has a dangling modifier. I wonder if people use this kind of structure in informal English.

Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[bhaisahab]

Neither one is natural.

 

[Matthew Wai]

navi tasan, do you mean 'I don't remember his face but hers'?

 

[bhaisahab]

That's not natural either, Matthew.

 

[Roman55]

A natural way of saying it would be, 'I remember her face, but not his'.

 

[Tdol]

I think that '1' has a dangling modifier. I wonder if people use this kind of structure in informal English.

Yes, they do- in informal language, people very rarely worry about dangling modifiers. If the meaning is clear, people will use it.