Re: Dangling Modifiers

["Michael Feimster" <feim68 -at- bellsouth -dot- net>]

Ellen presented the example:
> >"Find the course that you want to add an assistant instructor to."
>> CORRECT:  Find the course to which you want to add an assistant
instructor.
>> (again, a bit awkward)

Dana replied:
>> I am afraid I would have to vote for the correct usage.

>From www.grammarbook.com:
>>You may end a sentence with a preposition. Just do not use extra
prepositions when the meaning is clear without them.

You may end a sentence with a preposition. Therefore, it is incorrect to
label the example above as "correct" or "incorrect."

James Kirkpatrick once wrote that the "rule" is a fallacy that dates back to
when all important writing was in Latin. In Latin, it is impossible to end a
sentence in a preposition. Therefore, when the Latin version was translated
to English, the sentences did not end in a preposition.

Mike Feimster



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