LOOSEPARTICIPLES
Aparticipleorparticipialphraseisnaturallyreferredtothenominative。Ifoiveisexpresseditclaimsalltheparticiplesthatareruoftheseherwisefixed。"Jinthefieldalldayahirsty,drankfrstream。"HeretheparticipleswaingclearlyrefertoJohn。Butie;SweptalongbythemobIotsavehim,"theparticipleasitwereislyingaroundlooseaorefertoeitherthepersonspeakingortotheperso。ItmaymeanthatItaloheindividualwhomItriedtosavetalong。
"Goingiherooffell"betakenthatitwastheroofwhichwasgoingiorewhenitfell。Ofcoursethemeahatsomepersonorpersiorejustastherooffell。
Ierulesthereshouldbesuessastoprecludeallpossibilityofambiguity。Theparticipleshouldbesoplacedthatthereodoubtastothenountowhichitrefers。Oftenitisadvisabletosupplysuchwordsaswillmakethemeaningobvious。