Is your participle dangling?

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Is your participle dangling?

What does that mean anyway?

2007-01-04 09:23:49 · 2 answers · asked by cpshade 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

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It is a bad grammatical constuction. Ex.: Eating a popsicle, my dog got away from me at the ice cream stand.

The dog wasn't eating the popsicle.

Corrected form: While I was eating a popsicle at the ice cream stand, my dog got away from me.

2007-01-04 09:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

No. It's a reference to bad grammar/structure. I don't do copy/paste, but check it out on Yahoo Search or Wikipedia for a complete explanation.

2007-01-04 17:29:16 · answer #2 · answered by ericscribener 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋