Why We Shouldn't Dangle The Participle

By Sayyidskiy November 15, 2015 Ilmu Pengetahuan Umum

I remembered when I studied about dangling. Some experts said we must avoid dangle participle. Why? It's simply because dangling participle is ruining you. According to Wikipedia (2015): Dangling is ambiguous grammatical construct, whereby a grammatical modifier could be misinterpreted as being associated with a word other than the one intended or with no particular word at all. Then again, I recently found a joke regarding dangling participle on the internet. Here goes...

On his 69 birthday, a man was given a certificate from his wife. The certificate was for consultation with an Indian man living on a nearby reservation, and was rumored to have a simple medicine for erectile dysfunction.

The husband then went to the reservation and met that man. Couple hours of consultation, the old indian man gave him a potion and, with a grip on his shoulder, warned “This is a powerful medicine. You take only a teaspoonful, and then say: ‘1…2…3.’ When you do, you will become more manly than you've ever been in your life, and you can perform for as long as you want.”

The man thanked the old Indian, and as he walked away, he turned and asked: “How do I stop the medicine from working?” “That’s easy. Ask your partner to say ‘1…2…3…4.’ He responded. “But when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon.”

As his dream to be more manly like he used to be almost comes true, he went home quickly, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom. He did some exercise while waiting his wife...

When she came in, he took off his clothes and said: “1…2…3!” Immediately, he was becoming the manliest man on earth. His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes, and asked: “Honey, what was the 1…2…3... for?”

Voila!

And the old man be like...