Example Sentences

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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

If so, you are a victim of the spurious rule about so-called fused participles.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker