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Tham khảo tài liệu 'writings grammar usage and style phần 5', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | o CliffsQuickReview Writing Grammar Usage and style modify it certainly is not modifying idea or cheeseburger. One way to correct the problem is simply to add the missing word. Having eaten dinner I found the idea ofa cheeseburger unappealing In the following example the participial phrase Studying the lecture notes dangles in this sentence. Studying the lecture notes the ecosystem became clear dangling modifier It doesn t modify ecosystem. Rewrite the sentence. The ecosystem became clear when I studied the lecture notes. In the next sentence the infinitive phrase To win the election is lacking a word to modify it cannot modify money. To win the election money is essential dangling modifier Rewrite the sentence to add an appropriate subject. To win the election a candidate needs money. In the following sentence When upset and sad s an elliptical clause meaning that a word or words have been omitted. In this clause a subject and verb are missing they are implied but not stated When she was upset and sad. When upset and sad her room was her refuge dangling modifier Elliptical clauses are acceptable but a subject must follow one or the clause will dangle. When upset and sad she used her room as a refuge. Parallel Structure Parallelism in sentences refers to matching grammatical structures. Elements in a sentence that have the same function or express similar ideas should be grammatically parallel or grammatically matched. Parallelism is used effectively as a rhetorical device throughout literature and in speeches advertising copy and popular songs. I sighed as a lover I obeyed as a son. Edward Gibbon Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sinith in the seat of the scornful. The Book of Psalms 1 1 Chapter 7 Common Sentence Errors Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy Parallelism .