Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 18:19:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Grammar Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004121818490.4872-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200004122318.TAA00470@server.baldwin.cx>
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, John Baldwin wrote:
> Our object is to cement trade relations further.
>
> There, what's ambiguous about that? :)
Dangling participle.
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