Give me an example of a dangling participle.

[MX2]

Calling out all you grammar Nazi's🙂

 

[xanis]

Don't even know what a participle is TBH... you'll never need to know anyhow, you just need to have good grammar and be able to cite sources.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours. 😛

 

[GeneValgene]

it's where the noun the particple is modifying is ambiguous

 

[iluvtruenos]

Mine's standing. 🙁

It will be dangling in a few minutes though. 😉

 

[Krazefinn]

While asking homework questions on the internet, mx2times teacher went berserk.

 

[DaiShan]

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/english/data/d0081865.html

fairly good discussion with an example 😀

 

[Krazefinn]

A present participle is a verb ending in -ing, and is called dangling when the subject of the -ing verb and the subject of the sentence do not agree.

 

[teddyv]

Strunk and White, exactly what this kind of thing is for.

 

[Conky]

I'd show you but then I would get banned. 😛

 

[moshquerade]

can't post that pic... nuh-uh.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: teddyv
Strunk and White, exactly what this kind of thing is for.

:thumbsup:

"The Elements of Style" should be required reading.

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: Krazefinn
A present participle is a verb ending in -ing, and is called dangling when the subject of the -ing verb and the subject of the sentence do not agree.

actually, a participle is an adjective..

and the intended subject of the participial phrase and the subject of the main verb can be the same, and the participle still classified as 'dangling'