Dangling modifiers always lose writers points with me when I’m reviewing, because they imply that the writers are…

Dangling modifiers always lose writers points with me when I’m reviewing, because they imply that the writers are not thinking through their sentences.

I hit one the other day along these lines: “As the only young lady on board, the captain had been very solicitous of her comfort.”

Originally shared by Laura Gibbs

When they are funny, they really ARE funny:

Oozing slowly across the dish, Kevin watched the egg yolk.

[don’t you want yolk to be a verb? ha ha]

Gasping for his last breath, the professor killed the cockroach.

Grooming each other, my professor and I saw the kittens.

http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2017/02/20/how-dangerous-are-danglers/

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