Nice "dangling participle" there!
I take it that you didn't teach English?
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“Nice ‘dangling participle’ there! I take it that you didn’t teach English?”
I take it that you did not take linguistics. People use language to communicate. The “rules” vary by application, region, and time.
For example, a dangling participle happens when the noun it was meant to modify is omitted. But omitting words has been the standard since English was a language in print. Here is a passage from William Tyndale’s Bible from 1526:
In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God. The same was in the beginnynge with God. All thinges were made by it and with out it was made nothinge that made was. In it was lyfe and the lyfe was ye lyght of men and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God whose name was Ihon. The same cam as a witnes to beare witnes of the lyght that all men through him myght beleve. He was not that lyght: but to beare witnes of the lyght. That was a true lyght which lyghteth all men that come into the worlde. He was in ye worlde and the worlde was made by him: and yet the worlde knewe him not. He cam amonge his awne and his receaved him not. But as meny as receaved him to them he gave power to be the sonnes of God in that they beleved on his name: which were borne not of bloude nor of the will of the flesshe nor yet of the will of man: but of God. And the worde was made flesshe and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe the glory of it as the glory of the only begotten sonne of ye father.
This is the first 14 verses of John 1. Notice that there are several places where words are omitted and the reader must infer them. For example: “came among his own and his [own] [did] not receive him.”
Formalities and strict rules for writing are primarily a way to systematize a way of doing things. They are useful for teaching children language and for more precise communication in settings where this is important.
But these always fail over time. You can not force people to speak and write a certain way. And this is one reason language changes over time, as you can see by the above “English” text.
Also, following strict rules of grammar and punctuation is something expected in a formal setting, like presenting a thesis or publishing a research paper. Not on a web forum.
If a dangling participle troubles you on a chat forum, one begs to question how you cope with modern text messaging. EMFBI.
Nope...History, International Relations, U.S. National Security and Terrorism. Anything else you want to grammar correct or will you refute any part of what I indicated?
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