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Date: | Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:55:37 -0500 |
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Dear All--
Is anyone willing to share an effective way of teaching students the
problem with a sentence like this:
"At the risk of sounding snotty, a senior should never split an
infinitive or dangle a participle."
This was written by a senior at my college. I assume that he is
burying his subject ("I") out of a sense that this is a formal
occasion (he's complaining to a professor about other students). I
see students make this kind of mistake often in such situations. I'm
just not sure how to name this problem, or address it.
Thank you,
Crystal Benedicks
Wabash College
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