Being a grammar geek, my participles are never left dangling
Whether dangling, hanging or unattached, I’m often amused by participles that relate to an unintended subject. Oops! Did I really mean to say that I’m amused by mishandled modifiers when…
Category Archives: English
Know your place
The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit. Update Like most people, when I saw this I smiled knowingly without looking much further than the joke’s obvious intention,…
In defence of obscure words
Do you know what these words mean: sesquipedalian, desiderata, milt, ineluctable, modality, argot, grue, heliotropic, solipsism? Would you be put off reading something if a writer had you reaching for…
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