Timeline for Is it grammatical to use a participle phrase with a different subject from the preceding clause? [duplicate]
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| Oct 3, 2023 at 14:10 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Related. | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 11:11 | history | closed |
Edwin Ashworth Heartspring Joachim |
Duplicate of "Dangling Participles" | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 20:42 | answer | added | user477850 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 14:20 | comment | added | Stuart F | But following a comma it can specify an addressee, friend. | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 14:09 | comment | added | TaliesinMerlin | @Lambie Who are you calling a cigarette? :) | |
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| Apr 17, 2023 at 13:45 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth |
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| Apr 17, 2023 at 7:57 | comment | added | Joachim | I don't see how this open-ended question was closed as a duplicate of a question asking for the identification of a random sentence. | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 7:54 | history | reopened |
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| Apr 16, 2023 at 17:01 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | Why decide "the participle has cigarette for its subject" when it's the object of a preposition? | |
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| Apr 15, 2023 at 22:56 | history | closed |
alphabet KillingTime jimm101 |
Duplicate of What is the type of fragment in "Marina dove into the ocean depths, her tail slapping the surface dismissively"? [duplicate] | |
| Apr 15, 2023 at 20:32 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 15, 2023 at 20:30 | comment | added | Sam | @alphabet Yeah it does. It guess this is called an absolute construction. Much thanks. | |
| Apr 15, 2023 at 20:13 | comment | added | John Lawler | Try a prepositional phrase using with on these: The man walked in with smoke coming from his cigar. With snow gathering in the eaves is fine, too, but doesn't have anything to do with the man. | |
| Apr 15, 2023 at 20:09 | history | edited | KillingTime | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Apr 15, 2023 at 20:06 | history | asked | Sam | CC BY-SA 4.0 |