Dangler postings (original) (raw)

Postings on dangling modifiers on Language Log and AZBlog
(thanks to Jim Donaldson at the University of Edinburgh for filling in gaps in my files)

☛ GP, 12/14/03: Dangling etiquette:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000218.html

☛ AZ, 7/7/04: Don’t dangle your participles in public:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001174.html

☛ GP, 3/1/05: Without Washington’s support… who?:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001938.html

☛ GP, 3/10/05: Stunningly inept modifier manners:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001973.html

☛ GP, 5/12/05: The Fellowship of the Predicative Adjunct:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002153.html

☛ AZ, 5/16/05: The Dangling Participles:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002163.html

☛ GP, 7/4/05: Dangling modifier in the Declaration of Independence:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002290.html

☛ GP, 1/24/06: Unlike dangling:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002781.html

☛ GP, 2/12/06: Hanging up a participle without getting a subject:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002828.html

☛ ML, 4/26/06: Who is the decider?:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003070.html

☛ GP, 6/14/06: Danglers: discourtesy, not ambiguity:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003249.html

☛ AZ, 3/24/07: Dangling in court:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004334.html

☛ ML, 3/25/07: Dangling in Paris:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004337.html

☛ AZ, 5/21/08: Why are some summatives labeled “vague”?:

Why are some summatives labeled “vague”?

☛ ML, 6/2/08: Advice from numbers:

Advice from numbers

[see comment by ML]

☛ AZ, 6/14/08: by-topicalization:

by-topicalization

☛ 2/26/09: A spiritual accessory:

A spritual accessory

☛ ML, 2/26/09: Teaching zombie rules:

Teaching Zombie Rules

☛ ML, 4/7/09: Dangling as promised?:

Dangling as promised?

☛ GP, 4/15/09: Who’s been to Australia?:

Who’s been in Australia?

☛ ML, 8/14/09: Compared:

Compared

☛ GP, 10/8/09: A dangler in The Economist:

A dangler in The Economist

☛ 10/8/09: Dangling postings:

Dangling postings

☛ GP, 12/17/09: A flicker of syntactic disquiet:

A flicker of syntactic disquiet

☛ GP, 3/20/10: Firemen, dental practice, and danglers:

Firemen, dental practice, and danglers

☛ GP, 8/16/10: Free that jar, save those officials… unh?:

Free that jar, save those officials… unh?

☛ GP, 11/20/10: Does it really matter if it dangles?:

Does it really matter if it dangles?

☛ 3/2/11: Dangling advice:

Dangling advice

☛ 3/5/11: Two danglers: The Danglerology Project:

Two danglers

☛ 3/23/11: Annals of danglerology:

Annals of danglerology

☛ 6/1/11: Subject finding:

Subject finding

☛ 6/30/11: Stray books:

The Danglerology Project

☛ 7/24/11: Disregarding context:

Disregarding context

☛ 10/1/11: The context of danglers:

The context of danglers

☛ ML, 4/15/12: Skipping the rat:

Skipping the rat

☛ 6/2/12: as a SPAR:

as a SPAR

☛ 7/10/12: Dangler in the comics:

Dangling in the comics

☛ 8/24/12: http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/08/24/stray-books/

☛ 9/9/12: Dangler rage:

Dangler rage

☛ 10/15/12: Annals of cataphora:

Annals of cataphora

☛ 10/20/12: Possessive controller for SPAR:

Possessive controller for SPAR

☛ ML, 12/18/12: The New Yorker finds the U.S. Constitution ungrammatical:

The New Yorker finds the U.S. Constitution ungrammatical

☛ 1/6/13: A split-antecedent dangler:

A split-antecedent dangler

☛ 2/10/13: Subjectless predicative adjuncts:

Subjectless predicative adjuncts

☛ 3/13/13: Another split-antecedent dangler:

Another split antecedent dangler

☛ ML, 3/31/13: Ask Language Log: SAT “Identifying Sentence Errors” questions:

Ask Language Log: SAT “Identifying Sentence Errors” questions

☛ 9/25/13: The apostrophe and a non-dangler:

The apostrophe and a non-dangler

☛ 1/22/14: On the dangler watch:

On the dangler watch

☛ GP, 3/21/14: The grammar of “Abide with me”:

The grammar of “Abide with me”

☛ 4/15/14: Ambiguity for leeches:

Ambiguity for leeches

☛ 4/21/14: Why is this so hard to process?:

Why is this so hard to process?

☛ 6/11/14: Book Notice: Visual Language of Comics:

Book notice: Visual Language of Comics

☛ 1/10/15: Subjectless purpose adjunct:

Subjectless purpose adjunct

☛ 1/18/15: Dangler time:

Dangler time

☛ 2/7/15: A dangler in Belfast:

A dangler in Belfast?

☛ 3/18/15: The speaker is (almost) always topical:

The speaker is (almost) always topical

☛ 3/25/15: Another acceptable dangler:

Another acceptable dangler

☛ 5/16/15: Today’s dangler:

Today’s dangler

☛ 5/27/15: Double anaphoric difficulties:

Double anaphoric difficulties

☛ 6/4/15: The hunted 95 per cent?:

The hunted 95 per cent?

discourse topicality; acceptable dangler in NYT

☛ 6/13/15: Ant-Man:

Ant-Man

☛ 7/4/15: Shirtless body types:

Shirtless body types

☛ ML, 10/19/16: He’s still waiting:

He’s still waiting

☛ 3/4/17: The power of the Subject Rule:

The power of the Subject Rule

sentence-final SPARs

☛ ML, 3/11/17: Decoding political attitudes:

Decoding political attitudes

☛ 11/23/17: Skip to the important bit:

Skip to the important bit

reportive vs. expressive main clauses; parentheticals

☛ 12/20/17: after-SPARs:

after-SPARs

after + TimeSpan expressions with predicatives

☛ 3/15/18: giving a speech on drugs:

giving a speech on drugs

non-dangling modifier

☛ 11/13/18: Return to Dangle City:

Return to Dangle City

☛ 2/2/19: Resources: dangler examples:

Resources: dangler examples

link to the Page on dangler examples

☛ 2/6/20: As a Business Professional, …:

As a Business Professional, …

an example of a failed X-SPAR

☛ 5/4/20: Our reclusive pangolinists:

Our reclusive pangolinists

☛ 12/29/20: A fresh approach to English dangling modifiers:

A fresh approach to English dangling modifiers

Donaldson 2020 Ph.D. dissertation at Edinburgh: abstract and lay summary