Spending an hour in the beauty salon, Melissa got a facial with a steam mist.
Are there cases where starting with a participial phrase is not correct?
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asked Aug 16 '10 at 19:58
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3I think it's always correct as long as it is followed by a comma. – Vincent McNabb Aug 16 '10 at 23:40
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I think it's right as long as it's referring to the subject in the second part of the sentence. Else, it could be the case of a 'dangling modifer':
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/597/01/
Spending an hour in the beauty salon, Melissa got a facial with a steam mist: Right
Spending an hour in the beauty salon, a facial with a steam mist was given to Melissa: Dangling Modifier
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Is then "What is in the case of "raining all day, I decided to stay home" correct? – kiamlaluno Aug 19 '10 at 6:59
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I don't think that would be correct as "raining all day" isn't referring to "I". – Manjima Aug 19 '10 at 14:06
