tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940442177625984342.post729464821882355649..comments2022-05-16T01:50:54.562-07:00Comments on Philip Newey: Don't Dangle (Your Participles)Philip Neweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12475726979138674979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940442177625984342.post-62798548322871656542015-05-26T09:11:24.561-07:002015-05-26T09:11:24.561-07:00As long as people remember that you can describe t...As long as people remember that you can describe too much! A writer I am helping uses whereby or as a result in every second sentence. I am editing for him and taking out almost all of them! Great article.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421795404790994401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940442177625984342.post-23084927900633341672015-05-26T04:44:15.065-07:002015-05-26T04:44:15.065-07:00Philip, I love this post. It made me laugh (dangli...Philip, I love this post. It made me laugh (dangling participles always do, for some reason), and of course it reminded me that great minds flow in the same channels -- I posted very much the same thing a week ago (http://www.marypattersonthornburg.com/post/119285379166/fixing-the-car-free-fall-without-a-parachute). My old textbook's preferred term is "dangling modifier", because itMary Patterson Thornburghttp://www.marypattersonthornburg.comnoreply@blogger.com