Is the following phrase grammatically correct:
Suffering from anxiety and depression, life has been a tremendous challenge for him ever since he was a young boy.
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It's a dangling modifier . He has suffered from anxiety, so you could change it to ...he has found life a tremendous challenge...– Kate BuntingCommented Sep 19, 2020 at 8:28
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Is the modifier really dangling, if the pronouns it modifies (i.e. "he" and "him") are present? According to the link you provided, modifiers are only dangling if the words they modify are omitted.– user1934212Commented Sep 19, 2020 at 8:39
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1The sentence as it stands implies to me that life has suffered from anxiety, not he.– Kate BuntingCommented Sep 19, 2020 at 8:44
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1That's the sort of rearrangement I suggested in my original comment.– Kate BuntingCommented Sep 19, 2020 at 11:03
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3Does this answer your question? "Dangling Participles" See the article by G Pullum. Some people would class this as an error, but if the meaning is clear, no less an acknowledged expert than Pullum has said that such people are high on the hyperprescriptive cline.– Edwin AshworthCommented Sep 20, 2020 at 19:01
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