I would hope the students didn’t get the joke because they’ve never heard of a dangling participle, a peculiar obsession of pedants who thought that, because you can’t do it in Latin, it shouldn’t be allowed. So, dangle with pride.
Speaking as a former professor of English, I highly recommend the first section of “Reuben Reuben” by Peter de Vries, an absolute grammar masterpiece of misplaced modifiers, danglers, etc. It’s not a Latin leftover—it’s about sentence construction and whether or not the sentence conveys the information it’s supposed to convey.
Sir Ruddy Blighter over 7 years ago
First of all…those are clearly little kids, so the joke is inappropriate…secondly, those are clearly little kids, so why do they need PROFESSORS?
MeGoNow Premium Member over 7 years ago
I would hope the students didn’t get the joke because they’ve never heard of a dangling participle, a peculiar obsession of pedants who thought that, because you can’t do it in Latin, it shouldn’t be allowed. So, dangle with pride.
zeexenon over 7 years ago
A participle is a bad thing to be at the sentence end of.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 7 years ago
Next he’ll be saying the Prof split his infinitive.
ladamson1918 over 7 years ago
Speaking as a former professor of English, I highly recommend the first section of “Reuben Reuben” by Peter de Vries, an absolute grammar masterpiece of misplaced modifiers, danglers, etc. It’s not a Latin leftover—it’s about sentence construction and whether or not the sentence conveys the information it’s supposed to convey.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 7 years ago
“Professor” implies that he’s teaching at the college level. Those students look awfully young to be in college!
Stephen Gilberg over 7 years ago
English 1301?