tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302773627138264861.post1454565702754936494..comments2023-10-22T03:53:56.945-04:00Comments on When I Reach: I Need New Eyeballs00dozohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704098179400766578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302773627138264861.post-1148866608838693562010-04-28T10:52:12.823-04:002010-04-28T10:52:12.823-04:00You lost me in the first paragraph. Heh heh.
Anty...You lost me in the first paragraph. Heh heh.<br /><br />Antything "dangling" would bring attention to it, as well as much snickering. (I mean in literature, of course.)<br /><br />Since I 'skipped' grade 3, I always assumed that was the year one was taught the basics of grammar. To my recollection, even in the english classes I took in later years, there was no review or furtherence of grammar teachings. I think (and hope) I generally get most of it right.<br /><br />Thanks for the lesson (I think).00dozohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704098179400766578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302773627138264861.post-84060777787223908852010-04-27T17:06:49.010-04:002010-04-27T17:06:49.010-04:00All you need are nouns, verbs, modifiers and prepo...All you need are nouns, verbs, modifiers and prepositions. Everything else is just a variant. And sometimes words and phrases will kind of be two things at once.<br /><br />Like a participle. It's a kind of verb phrase which also acts as a modifier, like an adjective or adverb. <br /><br />"<b>Walking down the street</b>, I ran across an old friend." <br /><br />The phrase, "walking down the street," modifies the pronoun "I." <br /><br />When it's not clear what the participle is modifying, we say that it is a "dangling participle," and then break into a giggling fit. <br /><br />"<b>Walking down the street</b>, the building came into view."<br /><br />Really? There's a building walking down the street? Probably not. What the sentence should probably say is:<br /><br />"<b>Walking down the street</b>, I saw the building come into view."<br /><br />Hey! You asked!<br /><br />Good luck with the -- web site on which you will frequently leave posts. (I really hate the word "blog" too.)Frank Lee Meiderehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005264896511395086noreply@blogger.com