The danger of misplaced modifiers
Oct. 28th, 2008 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qatarperegrineCNN's front page currently has a sentence that makes me cry inside:
"Though previously Democratic, McCain's supporters see Pennsylvania as a potential swing state with just six days to go."
McCain's supporters are previously Democratic???
And, Pennsylvania is a state with just six days to go? What will it be after then??
I am secretly posting this, not because I think you're interested, but so I have access to this sentence next time I try to convince a student that misplaced modifiers are a bad idea.
"Though previously Democratic, McCain's supporters see Pennsylvania as a potential swing state with just six days to go."
McCain's supporters are previously Democratic???
And, Pennsylvania is a state with just six days to go? What will it be after then??
I am secretly posting this, not because I think you're interested, but so I have access to this sentence next time I try to convince a student that misplaced modifiers are a bad idea.
