Dangling Participles
(Culled from newspapers)
- - The burglar was about 30 years old, white, 5' 10", with wavy hair
weighing about 150 pounds.
(Now, that's a lot of hair!)
- - The family lawyer will read the will tomorrow at the residence of
Mr. Hannon, who died June 19 to accommodate his relatives.
(What a considerate guy.)
- - Mrs. Shirley Baxter, who went deer hunting with her husband, is
very proud that she was able to shoot a fine buck as well as her husband.
(I guess he wasn't aware of that new target hunting suit his wife bought for him.)
- - Organ donations from the living reached a record high last year,
outnumbering donors who are dead for the first time.
(So that explains why I woke up in a hotel bath tub with a new scar on my lower back!)
- - The dog was hungry and made the mistake of nipping a 2-year-old
that was trying to force feed it in his ear.
(huh?)
- - We spent most of our time sitting on the back porch watching the
cows playing Scrabble and reading.
(Now them is some smart cows.)
- - Hunting can also be dangerous, as in the case of pygmies hunting
elephants armed only with spears.
(I don't think elephants need spears to be dangerous.)
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