Comments on: Misplaced Participles https://getitwriteonline.com/misplaced-participles-and-participial-phrases/ English Writing and Grammar Tips Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Nancy Tuten https://getitwriteonline.com/misplaced-participles-and-participial-phrases/#comment-6749 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:52:37 +0000 https://getitwriteonline.com/?p=3022#comment-6749 In reply to Wendy.

Thanks for reading, Wendy, and for taking time to share your thoughts.

]]> By: Wendy https://getitwriteonline.com/misplaced-participles-and-participial-phrases/#comment-6479 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:46:02 +0000 https://getitwriteonline.com/?p=3022#comment-6479 In reply to Nancy Tuten.

I disagree. The blanket “walking” is nonsensical. The answer seems fine to me. Also, the word “as” means the same as “while” according to the way in which it is used in the sentence. Your corrections are correct.

]]> By: Nancy Tuten https://getitwriteonline.com/misplaced-participles-and-participial-phrases/#comment-199 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:20:28 +0000 https://getitwriteonline.com/?p=3022#comment-199 In reply to H James James Brewington.

Thank you for your kind words, Jim!
I decided to put “also” before “explained” because we are joining the two verbs: the post “looked” and “explained.” If it had explained “how to do X” and “how to do y,” then I would move the “also” before the “how” phrase.
But I thank you for drawing my attention to the sentence because it definitely needs to be revised: the second main clause needs an appropriate nominal to serve as the object of “explained.” The adverb phrase “how . . . ” cannot logically serve that function. I shall go in now and revise it! Many thanks!

]]> By: H James James Brewington https://getitwriteonline.com/misplaced-participles-and-participial-phrases/#comment-182 Tue, 30 May 2023 17:00:08 +0000 https://getitwriteonline.com/?p=3022#comment-182 In your posting “Misplaced Participles”, (British comma placement) I noticed this sentence:
“That post looked at familiar one-word modifiers such as only and almost, and it also explained how to identify and correct squinting modifiers.” May I suggest the modifier “also” be placed after “explained” and not before it?
With admiration and gratitude for your posts,
Jim

]]> By: Nancy Tuten https://getitwriteonline.com/misplaced-participles-and-participial-phrases/#comment-42 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:24:03 +0000 https://getitwriteonline.com/?p=3022#comment-42 In reply to Jerry Grossman.

Terrific insights, Dr. Grossman. I have gone back into the article and adjusted the “answers” to reflect your considerations. I always appreciate your thoughtful responses. Keep ’em coming!

]]> By: Jerry Grossman https://getitwriteonline.com/misplaced-participles-and-participial-phrases/#comment-41 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:50:13 +0000 https://getitwriteonline.com/?p=3022#comment-41 I don’t like the corrected versions of test questions 3 and 5. Actually, I read 3 the first time as a figure of speech (the blanket was indeed walking–i.e., the boy carrying the blanket was doing the walking), which I assumed to be the writer’s intentional cute phrasing. The corrected version has the searching clause way too late in the sentence; the searching occurs first in time, and it should occur first in the sentence. Similarly, I think “We stared for hours every day at the television WHILE watching the March Madness games.” works better because it keeps the logical order of the two activities.

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