bjg:
>He also says that "It must be admitted that unattached
>participles seldom lead to ambiguity."
Nevertheless they're scruffy writing. On the Chinese cookery
programme on BBC2 last night the presenter definitely
said that her grandmother had been five when she let her
granddaughter help with the cooking. Yes, you could work out
what she meant, but logically the sentence was a mess.
If I made mistakes like that in my job (programmer) my
programs wouldn't work and I'd be out on my ear.
Compare:
At the age of five, my grandmother started school.
At the age of five, my grandmother let me help with the cooking.
Dave
NB Punctilio
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