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Author: Joe Pagano

I f y o u w a n t t o w r i t e w e l l , o n e o f t h e s t y l i s t i c e l e m e n t s t h a t y o u n e e d t o p a y h e e d a r e t h o s e n a s t y d a n g l i n g m o d i f i e r s , w h e t h e r i n p a r t i c i p i a l , g e r u n d , o r p h r a s a l f o r m . A l t h o u g h s o m e t i m e s i n s i d i o u s t o s p o t , t h e s e g r a m m a t i c a l f a u x - p a s w i l l t i n g e y o u r w r i t i n g a n d c o n f u s e y o u r r e a d e r s t r a i n o f t h o u g h t . M u c h l i k e a p o o r l y s e g u e d m u s i c a l t r a n s i t i o n , d a n g l i n g m o d i f i e r s i m p i n g e s o m e w h a t s t r a n g e l y o n t h e e a r a n d o f t e n l e n d u n i n t e n d e d y e t g r o t e s q u e h u m o r t o y o u r w r i t i n g i n g e n e r a l . I n t h e f o l l o w i n g s e n t e n c e , s e e w h e t h e r y o u c a n d e t e c t t h e d a n g l i n g m o d i f i e r : I t w a s e a r l y m o r n i n g . G e o r g e r o s e f r o m h i s b e d t a k i n g h i s f u r r y s l i p p e r s w i t h h i m a n d b e g a n h i s m a r c h d o w n s t a i r s w h e r e b r e a k f a s t a w a i t e d h i m . I n t h i s c o m p l e x s e n t e n c e a s g r a m m a r i a n s w o u l d c a l l i t c o m p l e x b e c a u s e t h e s e n t e n c e c o n t a i n s t h e i n d e p e n d e n t c l a u s e , G e o r g e r o s e f r o m h i s b e d t a k i n g h i s . . . d o w n s t a i r s a n d t h e s u b o r d i n a t e c l a u s e , w h e r e b r e a k f a s t a w a i t e d h i m , w e h a v e a n o t - s o - o b v i o u s d a n g l i n g p a r t i c i p i a l p h r a s e . T h e r e a s o n t h a t t h e d a n g l e r i s n o t s o o b v i o u s i s b e c a u s e t h e i n t e n t o f t h e w r i t e r i s o b v i o u s f r o m t h e c o n t e x t ; w e k n o w w h o i s t a k i n g t h e s l i p p e r s . Y e t t h e w a y t h e s e n t e n c e i s s t r u c t u r e d , t h e b e d , b y i t s j u x t a p o s i t i o n t o t h e p a r t i c i p i a l t a k i n g , i s t h e o n e d o i n g t h e t a k i n g . O n e c o u l d a r g u e t h a t t h i s i s s p l i t t i n g h a i r s a n d b e i n g o v e r l y p e d a n t i c , y e t t h i s e x a m p l e , b y t h e v e r y i n s i d i o u s n e s s o f t h e d a n g l e r , d e m o n s t r a t e s v e r y w e l l t h a t i f w e a r e n o t c a r e f u l w i t h t h e s e g r a m m a t i c a l s t r u c t u r e r a z e r s i n c a s e s s u c h a s t h e s e , w e w o u l d b e c o m e v e r y s l o p p y i n m o r e s e r i o u s c a s e s , i n w h i c h t h e m e a n i n g b e c o m e s g r o t e s q u e l y d i s t o r t e d . T h o u g h t h e m e a n i n g b e c l e a r i n t h e p r e v i o u s e x a m p l e , t h i s d o e s n o t m a k e t h e i n f r a c t i o n p a r d o n a b l e . A g o o d w r i t e r n e e d s t o b e a w a r e o f t h e s e d a n g l e r s a n d h a s t o c o n f o r m h i s w r i t i n g s o a s t o m i n i m i z e t h e i r o c c u r r e n c e . W e a r e a l l g u i l t y o f t h e s e i n f r a c t i o n s a n d s h o u l d n o t s t o p w r i t i n g b e c a u s e o u r w r i t i n g i s n o t a l w a y s p e r f e c t . S i n c e t h e d a n g l i n g m o d i f i e r i s s u c h a c o m m o n e r r o r e v e n a m o n g g o o d w r i t e r s w e n e e d t o b e e v e r a w a r e o f i t s s t e a l t h y m a n n e r o f s n e a k i n g i n t o o u r p r o s e . W e s h o u l d r e w r i t e t h e a b o v e b y m a k i n g a n y o f t h e f o l l o w i n g c h a n g e s : R i s i n g f r o m h i s b e d , G e o r g e t o o k h i s f u r r y s l i p p e r s w i t h h i m a n d b e g a n h i s m a r c h d o w n s t a i r s w h e r e b r e a k f a s t a w a i t e d h i m . O r , T a k i n g h i s f u r r y s l i p p e r s w i t h h i m , G e o r g e r o s e f r o m h i s b e d a n d b e g a n h i s m a r c h d o w n s t a i r s w h e r e b r e a k f a s t a w a i t e d h i m . I f y o u w a n t t o w r i t e w e l l , b e w a r e t h e d a n g l e r . A n d g o g e t a g o o d b o o k o n g r a m m a r a n d l e a r n a b o u t t h e l a n g u a g e y o u w i s h t o e x p r e s s y o u r s e l f i n . T h i s w i l l b e w e l l w o r t h y o u r w h i l e . M o r e o n t h i s i n a n o t h e r a r t i c l e . S t a y t u n e d . . .