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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
EXCELLENT, Oubliette!
The rewrite certainly added clarity. KUDOS for a perfect score.
Only a Buddhist . . .
CC
One of my lines (reflecting yours): If you don't cut the mustard, you'll never ketchup, and I know you don't relish being in a pickle!
Groan . . .
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Before dessert, there must be an endeavor made to correct the sentence.
In this case, I must insist on "dinner" before dessert!
BTW: the saying is "just deserts" (not desserts).
Otherwise, I am a pushover.
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Oubliette:
Hi there!
Would you like to throw in a few commas and hyphens in order to make the sentence in question correct?!?!?!? One clue has already been given.
Thanks.
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Nancy's not a person to trifle with . . . ahhhh, . . . Nancy is a person with whom one does not trifle. . . .
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
could be, nancy!
clue: one apostrophe and one hyphen should be deleted, with relish.
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Yes, Kate -- good one.
Distinguish between the dual roles played by the noun "jerk."
I LOVE ENGLISH!
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
THANKS, Wasblind!
I appreciate the nice thought.
Just saw you, rip and Kate. Please play along!
CHEERS!
CoCo
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
No dangling modifiers here -- just punctuation errors:
In the 60's Bruce my friend used to eat his lunch mid-day which makes sense its noon. He always bought a foot long hot dog for twenty five cents and saved one third for Buster his dog who loved his master with relish.
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Poor turtle -- free at last!
Great job, Oubliette.
Many tnakhs!
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walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.. i saw the trailer peeking through the window.. reaching the station, the sun came out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dangling_modifier.
Thanks, Hortensia! Did you check out the link for further info?
Always good to see you, rip!
Bad, bad sentences! THANKS, OUTLAW, as only you can do it!
CoCo's happy now!
