Constance Hale
Auteur de Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
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- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Waialua, Hawaii, USA
- Études
- Princeton University (BA - English Literature)
University of California, Berkeley (MA - Journalism) - Relations
- Bigelow, Bruce Lowell (husband)
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Sample? OK, here’s one of many illustrative quotes complete with quippy explanation of the error. This passage is from a section called “Dangling Doozies”:
“Remember, participles exist so that verbs can modify nouns. Dangling participles are adjectival phrases that have come unmoored from the nouns they are supposed to modify and instead modify the nearest noun they can find. Here’s a dangling participle reprinted in the "New Yorker" as a space filler:
In San Diego, the “in” place for years has been McDini’s for corned beef. Thinly sliced and heaped on rye, corned beef lovers won’t be disappointed.”
When was the last time you were thinly sliced and heaped on rye?”
I get that a grammar book probably isn’t your first choice for light summer reading, but if you do happen to enjoy the many quirks of the English language, this is a good one to turn to.
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