“Excuse me, Sir. I believe your participle is dangling.”
“That can’t be mine. Having written for years, my participles always
stand erect.”
“Your participles have written for years?”
“No, I have written
for years.”
“Then, I am afraid you just dangled another participle.”
“Claiming to be such an expert, I would like you to prove it to
me.”
“So you’re saying that you claim to be an expert?”
“No, I am saying that you
claim to be an expert.”
“Oy vey! You dangled your participle yet again! The ing phrases (i.e., participle phrases) at
the beginning of your sentences (Having
written for years and Claiming to be
such an expert) should describe the actions performed by the subjects of
the sentences (participles and I). Since they don’t, they are considered
dangling participles, and, therefore, grammatically incorrect.”
“Thank you so much. Having learned so much from you regarding
dangling participles, I was wondering if you could help fix my other dangling
problem.”
Here you go …
11 comments:
Hey, some of us LIKE the dangly bits.
Even when not sexted by a wanna-be mayor.
Thanks for another great post.
Those dang danglers~
Ya know....somehow I KNEW when I read the first sentence that there was gonna be a viagra joke in there somewhere!
LC
Having dangled many times, Carlos runs for mayor.
Having come across your blog, dangling participles are a problem of the past.
Susie, that's excellent!
LOL - that's awesome! If my students were a lot older I'd use this to explain to them! :)
Jenny, email me, i miss you! i need relationship advice, i just started seeing a woman. her online handle is Carla Risk...
Haha! Love it!
Must admit, I quite like dangle-y bits.
I have always been aware of my dangling participle, but never knew what to do with it. Thanks for pointing it in the right direction!
Oy vey but that was funny.
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