Guest guest Posted March 23, 2001 Report Share Posted March 23, 2001 I wouldn't know a participle if you dangled it in front of me...I just thought I was being funny...anyway, I cracked myself up. Karla in Texas Ralph & Judi Lowenthal wrote: > Reading my messages, you seem to perhaps be taking a shot at we whom > endeavors to apply the right English usages and mechanical correct writing. > This appears downright unfairerly and it just ain't right! I know you > wasn't meaning to make us feel badly, but Please to have a little morer > consideration for us'uns feelin's. > > signed > the Grammer Poleese > (how many errors can U find?) > > Re: Need Grammar Police > > " B. S. Pyle " wrote: > It was filled with split infinitives, dangling participles and sentences > that > ended in prepositions. > > ...dangling participles...wasn't that a Simon and Garfunkle song? > > Karla in Texas > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2001 Report Share Posted March 23, 2001 Me too! ;o) Re: Need Grammar Police > > " B. S. Pyle " wrote: > It was filled with split infinitives, dangling participles and sentences > that > ended in prepositions. > > ...dangling participles...wasn't that a Simon and Garfunkle song? > > Karla in Texas > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2001 Report Share Posted March 24, 2001 *sigh* From: http://www.dictionary.com/ par·ti·ci·ple (pärt-spl) n. Abbr. p. Grammar A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective, as the past participle baked in We had some baked beans, and is used with an auxiliary verb to indicate tense, aspect, or voice, as the past participle baked in the passive sentence The beans were baked too long. [Middle English from Old French variant of participe, from Latin participium, from particeps, particip- partaker; see participate.] Usage Note: The " dangling participle " is quite common in speech, where it often passes unremarked; but its use in writing can lead to unintentional absurdities, as in He went to watch his horse take a turn around the track carrying a copy of the breeders' guide under his arm. Even when the construction occasions no ambiguity, it is likely to distract the reader, who will ordinarily be operating on the assumption that a participle or other modifying phrase will be associated with the noun phrase that is immediately adjacent to it. Thus the sentence Turning the corner, the view was quite different would be better rewritten as The view was quite different when we turned the corner or Turning the corner, we saw a different view. · A number of expressions originally derived from active participles are now well established as prepositions of a kind, and these may be used freely to introduce phrases that are not associated with the immediately adjacent noun phrase. Such expressions include concerning, considering, failing, granting, judging by, and speaking of. Thus one may write Speaking of politics, the elections have been postponed or Considering the hour, it is surprising that he arrived at all. Re: Need Grammar Police > > > > " B. S. Pyle " wrote: > > It was filled with split infinitives, dangling participles and sentences > > that > > ended in prepositions. > > > > ...dangling participles...wasn't that a Simon and Garfunkle song? > > > > Karla in Texas > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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