Do you leave your participles dangling?

BrainyBurro
BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
edited January 30 in Chit-Chat
...and does this cause you embarrassment in front of friends and family?

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  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    I do and I do it proudly! It is no longer frowned upon and that makes me very happy. I don't have to reconstruct sentence after sentence just so I don't leave a participle dangling.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Yes because I do not live in Ancient Rome.
  • ttippie2000
    ttippie2000 Posts: 412 Member
    So, where do you leave your dangling participles at?
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    participles??????????
  • Pedalpush
    Pedalpush Posts: 246 Member
    I think there's an OTC cream for that.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Reading this discussion a cat made me laugh.
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    I try not to do it, but sometimes trying to make a sentence perfectly grammatically correct can make me sound a bit Shakespearean. In my opinion, dangling participles are still much better than writing in text shorthand.
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    I think there's an OTC cream for that.

    :laugh:
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    I love kings quest...
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I try not to do it, but sometimes trying to make a sentence perfectly grammatically correct can make me sound a bit Shakespearean. In my opinion, dangling participles are still much better than writing in text shorthand.

    I'm with her!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I try not to do it, but sometimes trying to make a sentence perfectly grammatically correct can make me sound a bit Shakespearean. In my opinion, dangling participles are still much better than writing in text shorthand.
    It isn't incorrect to dangle a participle, though.
  • chadraeder3
    chadraeder3 Posts: 279 Member
    I try not to but as you get older things start to sag and droop, the left one now seems to dangle a little lower then the right one, I think it is like breasts on women. If you see me walking by and a participle is dangling out of my zipper please discreetly inform me of the fact.
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    I try not to do it, but sometimes trying to make a sentence perfectly grammatically correct can make me sound a bit Shakespearean. In my opinion, dangling participles are still much better than writing in text shorthand.
    It isn't incorrect to dangle a participle, though.

    it can be hazardous.

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  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I try not to.

    I broke a dongle once, it's sorta almost the same, isn't it?
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    All. The. Time. For
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I try not to do it, but sometimes trying to make a sentence perfectly grammatically correct can make me sound a bit Shakespearean. In my opinion, dangling participles are still much better than writing in text shorthand.
    It isn't incorrect to dangle a participle, though.

    it can be hazardous.

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    OMG! My cats would do that, too.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    ...and does this cause you embarrassment in front of friends and family?

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    Thou hast or thou dost?
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I think dangle participles are hot as is.
  • SirBonerFart
    SirBonerFart Posts: 1,185 Member
    “Whenever I see one, I chop it off.”
    ~ Lorena Bobbitt on dangling participles
  • obrientp
    obrientp Posts: 546 Member
    No, I wear a bra.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    “Whenever I see one, I chop it off.”
    ~ Lorena Bobbitt on dangling participles

    What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Lorena Bobbitt?

    "Hey, are you gonna eat that?"
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    “Whenever I see one, I chop it off.”
    ~ Lorena Bobbitt on dangling participles

    What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Lorena Bobbitt?

    "Hey, are you gonna eat that?"

    :sick:
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,997 Member
    Depends on where I'm at.
  • sheenarama
    sheenarama Posts: 733 Member
    I think there's a support group for this problem.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    “Whenever I see one, I chop it off.”
    ~ Lorena Bobbitt on dangling participles

    What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Lorena Bobbitt?

    "Hey, are you gonna eat that?"

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  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member

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    Never leave anything dangling around a kitteh.
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