You may have heard of "dangling participles," but knowing that you should avoid those doesn't much help if you're not sure what a participle is to begin with. So here's a quick guide:A participle is ...

I discuss here under three headings some problems which emerge from my consideration of previous work on these periphrases (§ 1): - A. The Ambiguous Testimony of the Examples (§§ 2-16). An examination ...