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Participial phrases
by Mike
I read your article on cutting back on participial phrases with interest but you seem to have limited your comments to leading participial phrases i.e. where the participial phrase comes first. But what about them when they come at the end of the sentence? Are they okay? I find I use a lot of those e.g. ANSWER Participial phrases are not ungrammatical, so the use of them in either place is theoretically correct. The problem comes with overuse, wherever they are placed. Many beginning writers will have several on a page, so my advice, at least at first, is to avoid them and break the habit. Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Ask an Author. |
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