The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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He once sent her a brief memo dedicated entirely to the misuse of present participles.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
Anne Carson says: “You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.”
From Slate ● May 15, 2019
Every now and then we have to disregard the serial comma, or leave our participles dangling, even in the rudest way.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
Dr. Hussein came over to rescue us from white space and dangling participles.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2015
Many participles have turned into prepositions, such as according, allowing, barring, concerning, considering, excepting, excluding, failing, following, given, granted, including, owing, regarding, and respecting, and they don’t need subjects at all.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
