tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028331.post8569675894593946219..comments2023-05-17T12:11:30.400+01:00Comments on Slap of the Day: Hanging participlesBelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16935284724145788208noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028331.post-37243765956695294642007-12-09T16:07:00.000+00:002007-12-09T16:07:00.000+00:00I definitely think it's a hanging offence. Danglin...I definitely think it's a hanging offence. Dangling is too cute a word for it.<BR/><BR/>Sixty student papers! *shivers*Belahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935284724145788208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028331.post-29634249037754511612007-12-08T20:22:00.000+00:002007-12-08T20:22:00.000+00:00I love that in British English it's "hanging parti...I love that in British English it's "hanging participles"- because after marking 60 student papers full of them I rather want to tell them all to go hang themselves like their participles. Here in the States, we call them "dangling" participles. Which is equally grotesque, though not quite as macabre.Pamphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709191371678901051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028331.post-11273858606047759432007-11-04T14:18:00.000+00:002007-11-04T14:18:00.000+00:00You're right, K, it does sound 'vaguely dirty'. LO...You're right, K, it does sound 'vaguely dirty'. LOL! I like 'hanging' because they make me feel murderous.<BR/><BR/>LOL! Thank you, H! I love it.Belahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935284724145788208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028331.post-49623737599817650982007-11-04T05:52:00.000+00:002007-11-04T05:52:00.000+00:00"After being thoroughly whipped, the cook fried th..."After being thoroughly whipped, the cook fried the eggs."<BR/><BR/>No slapping necessary since there's already plenty of whipping going on.heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797020561712896621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028331.post-37691253647772226092007-11-04T00:34:00.000+00:002007-11-04T00:34:00.000+00:00I prefer the term "dangling participles." Because ...I prefer the term "dangling participles." Because it sounds vaguely dirty.katiedidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13248305568368727274noreply@blogger.com