Dangling modifier: Revision history

8 April 2024

• curprev 09:3209:32, 8 April 2024‎ Doric Loon talk contribs‎ 13,691 bytes −55‎ No, the implicit subject of the non-finite clause is the subject of the main clause. In this case, "dog" is the object of the main clause, and therefore is not in danger of being misconstrued as the subject of the non-finite verb. It is "family" that is in the ambiguous position. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
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14 January 2024

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29 September 2023

• curprev 19:4419:44, 29 September 2023‎ AManWithNoPlan talk contribs‎ 13,743 bytes −17‎ not dead undo

26 September 2023

• curprev 07:3307:33, 26 September 2023‎ 37.168.123.23 talk‎ 13,760 bytes +4‎ added wikilink undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

24 July 2023

• curprev 14:3014:30, 24 July 2023‎ Tanisds talk contribs‎ m 13,756 bytes +27‎ →‎See also: Preposition stranding undo

6 May 2023

• curprev 05:3705:37, 6 May 2023‎ SnowFire talk contribs‎ 13,729 bytes +88‎ while I agree that's a dangling modifier, it'd be preferable to source to dangling modifiers called out by others as examples, rather than our own... eh, leave it in for now, but someone else calling this out would be nice. undo

3 May 2023

• curprev 07:0807:08, 3 May 2023‎ Mincht talk contribs‎ 13,641 bytes −4‎ No edit summary undo
• curprev 06:5706:57, 3 May 2023‎ Mincht talk contribs‎ 13,645 bytes +261‎ →‎Dangling-modifier clauses undo

8 March 2023

• curprev 21:1121:11, 8 March 2023‎ SnowFire talk contribs‎ 13,384 bytes −1‎ →‎Dangling-modifier clauses: that's not a period, it's an ellipsis - it can't be turned into a period. If you dislike it, can just remove it, but it definitely shouldn't be a period in the middle of a sentence. undo
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7 March 2023

• curprev 23:3123:31, 7 March 2023‎ Violetwtf talk contribs‎ 13,387 bytes −64‎ Reverted 1 edit by 96.227.99.113 (talk) undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
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• curprev 23:2823:28, 7 March 2023‎ Khrincan talk contribs‎ m 13,387 bytes −48‎ Reverted 1 edit by 96.227.99.113 (talk) to last revision by InternetArchiveBot undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
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2 December 2022

• curprev 04:4904:49, 2 December 2022‎ InternetArchiveBot talk contribs‎ 13,387 bytes +131‎ Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.2) (Whoop whoop pull up - 11569 undo

18 September 2022

• curprev 22:0222:02, 18 September 2022‎ SnowFire talk contribs‎ m 13,256 bytes +4‎ →‎Dangling-modifier clauses: slightly different word. undo

14 May 2022

• curprev 06:4906:49, 14 May 2022‎ SnowFire talk contribs‎ 13,252 bytes +313‎ expand strunk & white citation. other minor cite fixes. undo

13 May 2022

• curprev 05:3305:33, 13 May 2022‎ SnowFire talk contribs‎ m 12,939 bytes −50‎ also remove copy-edit tag while here, still some issues but hopefully better. undo
• curprev 05:3205:32, 13 May 2022‎ SnowFire talk contribs‎ 12,989 bytes −576‎ rewrite. many of these examples are silly and don't appear to be the actual case, rather just made-up silly sentences. Add in some uses of the Economist article & Donaldson dissertation. Remove some weak sources (e.g. the bit on regrettably) and over-long style guide examples. I'm not sure if a random old college style guide is a great source, but fix link. undo

4 April 2022

• curprev 14:0914:09, 4 April 2022‎ Alpha Piscis Austrini talk contribs‎ m 13,565 bytes +1‎ →‎Dangling-modifier clauses: clean up, typo(s) fixed: Therefore → Therefore, undo Tag: AWB

21 March 2022

• curprev 17:5017:50, 21 March 2022‎ Quohx talk contribs‎ 13,564 bytes −72‎ Remove lead sentence because the examples are more relevant and show not tell etc. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

20 February 2022

• curprev 20:1220:12, 20 February 2022‎ BrownHairedGirl talk contribs‎ 13,636 bytes −5‎ {{Dead link}} tag on bare URL refs which return HTTP 404 or 410 undo Tag: AWB

19 January 2022

• curprev 23:2523:25, 19 January 2022‎ BrownHairedGirl talk contribs‎ m 13,641 bytes +39‎ {{Bare URL inline}} refs to sites where WP:REFLINKS won't get title. See User:BrownHairedGirl/No-reflinks websites undo Tag: AWB

22 December 2021

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11 December 2021

• curprev 19:4719:47, 11 December 2021‎ JJMC89 bot III talk contribs‎ m 13,714 bytes 0‎ Moving Category:Disputes in English grammar to Category:English usage controversies per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy undo

29 November 2021

• curprev 01:5201:52, 29 November 2021‎ User135792468 talk contribs‎ m 13,714 bytes −2‎ →‎Non-participial modifiers undo

22 November 2021

• curprev 09:5809:58, 22 November 2021‎ Rexogamer talk contribs‎ m 13,716 bytes +1‎ ...there's more than one, oops undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
• curprev 09:5709:57, 22 November 2021‎ Rexogamer talk contribs‎ 13,715 bytes +49‎ Added {{Copy edit}} tag: oh the irony undo Tag: Twinkle

16 November 2021

• curprev 06:4006:40, 16 November 2021‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 13,666 bytes +133‎ Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 191/2185 undo

11 October 2021

• curprev 19:4819:48, 11 October 2021‎ Mikhail Ryazanov talk contribs‎ m 13,533 bytes +6‎ →‎Dangling-modifier clauses: punct., fmt. undo
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31 August 2021

• curprev 06:2206:22, 31 August 2021‎ Kslays talk contribs‎ 13,524 bytes −4‎ →‎top: Fixed typo, Fixed grammar undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

30 July 2021

• curprev 19:5019:50, 30 July 2021‎ RedPanda25 talk contribs‎ m 13,528 bytes −8‎ Grammar undo

5 July 2021

• curprev 08:3508:35, 5 July 2021‎ Omnipaedista talk contribs‎ 13,536 bytes −27‎ not in citation given undo

23 May 2021

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19 February 2021

• curprev 16:0116:01, 19 February 2021‎ Jameboy talk contribs‎ 13,649 bytes −21‎ →‎See also: pointless pipe due to redirect undo

22 January 2021

• curprev 04:2004:20, 22 January 2021‎ 173.174.81.212 talk‎ 13,670 bytes +11‎ →‎Non-participial modifiers: ", left," wouldn't be in the article, but a cutline (as this is inside jargon, "photo caption" seemed a better term) undo

7 January 2021

• curprev 23:2523:25, 7 January 2021‎ NASCARfan0548 talk contribs‎ m 13,659 bytes −5‎ Reverted edits by 184.170.174.93 (talk) (HG) (3.4.10) undo Tag: Rollback
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28 December 2020

• curprev 20:3020:30, 28 December 2020‎ Brett talk contribs‎ 13,659 bytes −1‎ Changed the lede sentence to match the title. undo Tag: Visual edit

10 September 2020

• curprev 12:1512:15, 10 September 2020‎ Lollipoplollipoplollipop talk contribs‎ 13,660 bytes +59‎ Importing Wikidata short description: "Type of misplaced grammatical phrase" (Shortdesc helper) undo

8 September 2020

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28 June 2020

• curprev 16:2316:23, 28 June 2020‎ 75.110.35.108 talk‎ 13,586 bytes +5‎ Removed space, removed "or" from bold undo

21 June 2020

• curprev 10:3010:30, 21 June 2020‎ Symoum Syfullah Priyo talk contribs‎ m 13,581 bytes +89‎ Participle undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

7 January 2020

• curprev 10:4110:41, 7 January 2020‎ Ginomaces talk contribs‎ 13,492 bytes −1‎ It wasn’t clear that dangling and misplaced modifiers are actually two different ambiguous grammatical constructs. Misplaced modifiers “modify the wrong word or part of a sentence” and dangling modifiers have no subject at all in the sentence (hence ‘dangling’). undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

17 December 2019

• curprev 17:5317:53, 17 December 2019‎ InternetArchiveBot talk contribs‎ 13,493 bytes −37‎ Bluelinking 1 books for verifiability.) #IABot (v2.1alpha3 undo

9 November 2019

• curprev 17:0517:05, 9 November 2019‎ 99.100.65.154 talk‎ 13,530 bytes +76‎ →‎Dangling-modifier clauses: FTFY undo

27 October 2019

• curprev 07:3707:37, 27 October 2019‎ Orenburg1 talk contribs‎ m 13,454 bytes −3‎ ce undo

17 September 2019

• curprev 14:4314:43, 17 September 2019‎ Monkbot talk contribs‎ m 13,457 bytes −1‎ →‎Dangling-modifier clauses: Task 16: replaced (1×) / removed (0×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=; undo Tag: AWB