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Old Thu Oct 11, 2007, 10:35pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by GarthB
Exactly. What we have here is a misplaced gerund phrase. When discussing this with students I use the classic, "The soldiers snuck up on the enemy crawling on their bellies."
When dangling, don't use participles.
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