When a student writes "I am frustrating with that class," we recognize it as an error, but the error is not one that makes the writing unintelligible. The message ...

The dictionary definition of a participle is; ‘a verb ending in –‘ing’ (present) or –‘ed’, -‘en’, -d, -t, -n, or -ne (past) that functions as an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun. A participial ...

Read each of the sentences below and indicate whether the highlighted -ing or -ed word is functioning as a verb (or part of a verb phrase) or as an adjective (participle). Indicate your choice by ...

Okay, now we're going to tackle the dangling participle. A participle is the form of the verb that has ing on the end of it. And when you begin a sentence with a participle, that phrase has to modify ...

Now that I have your attention, I’d like to talk about dangling participles. This most famous of danglers is must-know stuff for any self-respecting smarty-pants. Not because the concept will help ...

Continues from Part One and shows where participles and participial phrases can go wrong. MOST dictionaries show the three principal parts of a verb; for example, see (base form), saw (past tense), ...