Comments on: Thanksgiving http://trufflesforbreakfast.com/2007/10/05/thanksgiving/ ...in which two dreamers simplify their lives and move to Paris Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Morgen Jahnke http://trufflesforbreakfast.com/2007/10/05/thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Morgen Jahnke Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:58:27 +0000 http://trufflesforbreakfast.com/2007/10/05/thanksgiving/#comment-337 <p>Mr. Lapin:</p> <p>Oops. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. I've just edited the post as you suggested.</p> Mr. Lapin:

Oops. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. I’ve just edited the post as you suggested.

]]> By: Mr. Lapin http://trufflesforbreakfast.com/2007/10/05/thanksgiving/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Mr. Lapin Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:41:03 +0000 http://trufflesforbreakfast.com/2007/10/05/thanksgiving/#comment-332 <p>Please forgive me for taking you to task over sentence structure. However, your writing is usually refreshingly well crafted, which makes the error in this entry all the more glaring.</p> <p>It's a dangling participle. It rears its head in this sentence: "Celebrated on the second Monday in October, we’re just days away from the big date."</p> <p>The unintended reference of the first phrase is "we." I don't think you meant to say that "We're celebrated on the second Monday in October" - or did you?</p> <p>In all writing, I think it's safest to simply avoid this construction. The comment would be correct, and stronger, if it were written so: "Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. We’re just days away from the big date."</p> <p>Here's a page which explains the problem of the dangling participle rather well:</p> <p>http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/WritingGuide/10dangpt.htm</p> <p>Thanks and best wishes,</p> <p>Mr. Lapin</p> Please forgive me for taking you to task over sentence structure. However, your writing is usually refreshingly well crafted, which makes the error in this entry all the more glaring.

It’s a dangling participle. It rears its head in this sentence: “Celebrated on the second Monday in October, we’re just days away from the big date.”

The unintended reference of the first phrase is “we.” I don’t think you meant to say that “We’re celebrated on the second Monday in October” – or did you?

In all writing, I think it’s safest to simply avoid this construction. The comment would be correct, and stronger, if it were written so: “Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. We’re just days away from the big date.”

Here’s a page which explains the problem of the dangling participle rather well:

http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/WritingGuide/10dangpt.htm

Thanks and best wishes,

Mr. Lapin

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