It might be amusing to come into a room and gasp, “Someone in this room has a dangling participle”, then observe who looks where. However suggestive it might sound, a dangling participle is only a crime against grammar, not a jail-able offense, although grammar nazis may disagree.
Posts Tagged ‘parts of speech’
Don’t dangle your participle!
Posted: February 26, 2013 in Grammar nazi, Miscellaneous, WordsTags: clear writing, dangling participles, editing, grammar, grammar nazi, miscellaneous, participial phrase, participles, parts of speech, words, writing
In praise of prepositions
Posted: April 9, 2012 in All things literary, Humor, WordsTags: grammar, parts of speech, prepositions, word humor, words
Prepositions may be the most under-appreciated part of speech, yet one of the most important. They appear almost everywhere, yet so few people notice them. And every preposition has an object, more than you can say for many things or people. (more…)
This, that and the other thing 