The Dangling Modifier悬垂修饰课件.ppt

Dangling Modifier（悬垂修饰） 演讲人：孙文静 Team members： 胡丽萍 马飞 孙文 杨庆 Content 一、What’s the Dangling Modifier 二、The types of Dangling Modifier 三、How to revise the Dangling Modifier 四、The application of Dangling Modifier 一、What’s the Dangling Modifier Example: Hearing the bad news, her heart broke. 听到这个坏消息，她的心碎了。 hearing the bad news的逻辑主语she，而句子的主语为 her heart 。即句子的逻辑主语与主语不一致。 一般而言，修饰语都必须有被修饰的对象 ,倘若某个从句或短语在句中找不到自己要修饰的词语 ,或者与任何词语都没有逻辑上的联系 , 初看好像修饰某个词语，但实际上什么也没有修饰，而是处于悬浮状态，无处着落。那么这种修饰语就被称为悬垂修饰语 。 二、The types of Dangling Modifier Dangling Participle (悬垂分词) Dangling Gerund(悬垂动名词) Dangling Infinitive(悬垂不定式) Dangling Elliptical Clause(悬垂省略从句) Dangling Prepositional Phrase (悬垂介词短语) Dangling Participle (悬垂分词) It is very common for a sentence to begin with a participle phrase that modifies the subject of the main clause ,but problem arise if the subject is a word to which the participle cannot logically apply. 一般来说。分词结构如果出现在句首，通常是以句子的主语作为自己的主语的。但有时分词的主语与其所在句中的主语并不一致。如果一种分词结构无法确定其逻辑主语，就会引起悬垂修饰语。 Dangling Present Participle ： Arriving at Beijing , my friend was waiting for me at the station. revised： One is to increase participle logic subject, and the second is to change participial phrase into clauses 一是增加分词的逻辑主语， 二是把分词短语变成从句。 ① Arriving at Beijing ,I found my friend was waiting for me at the station. ② When I arrived at Beijing , my friend was waiting for me at the station. Dangling Past Participle ： 1.Flattened by the impact, Jane surveyed her wrecked bike. revised： Jane surveyed her wrecked bike, which was flattened by the impact. 2. Discouraged by low grades, dropping out made sense. revised: Discouraged by low grades, I thought dropping out made sense. Dangling Gerund(悬垂动名词) The dangling gerund phenomenon is limited, but we should make a distinction between it