How big a problem is the dreaded dangler? In the real world, maybe not so big. Danglers, though sometimes serious, often aren’t so bad. Some don’t harm your message at all and could slip by even the ...
One of the coolest things about the English language is how flexible it is. Verbs can be used as nouns. Adjectives can pinch hit for adverbs. Prepositions can fill in for conjunctions. Nouns can be ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Two-word expressions often cause trouble when they are combined with yet a third word, becoming compound modifiers. Most ...