Skip to main content
Close Button
Donate
  • Replies 45 replies
  • Subscribers 47 subscribers
  • Views 2566 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Dangling modifiers and literal minds

Uhane
4 months ago

IE: I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

Parents
  • 4 months ago

    I see/hear lots of these on 24 hour news - the BBC is my go-to but even they mess up continually now. For example:

    'So-and-so was sentenced for murder today in court'. You'd be amazed how many people get murdered in the middle of a courtroom and nobody seems to stop them, just sentence them.  

Reply
  • 4 months ago

    I see/hear lots of these on 24 hour news - the BBC is my go-to but even they mess up continually now. For example:

    'So-and-so was sentenced for murder today in court'. You'd be amazed how many people get murdered in the middle of a courtroom and nobody seems to stop them, just sentence them.  

Children