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t.javanshir
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Dear friends, I am editing a number of journal articles these days and I �ve come across a lot of dangling structures. I was wondering what options are available when it comes to correcting them. I just wanted to post a sentence here to hear different viewpoints about it and get some ideas. I would be grateful if you suggest corrections for the following sentence. The second part after the comma seems to be a dangling structure. Am I right? And any solutions? "Comparing the compounds � position, orientations and interactions observed through docking with those of the crystallographic structure present in PDB ID 1T69, a very good agreement was noticed." |
16 Apr 2015
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Apodo
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I would use: When comparing ..... |
17 Apr 2015
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yanogator
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I agree with "When". As for your question, no, there isn �t any dangling going on here. It is a rather complicated sentence, so it has to be read carefully. Boiled down, it says, " When comparing some stuff (that is) observed through some stuff, agreement is observed. I do see a bit of a problem with the use of the passive here, though, although I �m not sure that it �s wrong. The "comparing" at the beginning sort of implies a person to do the comparing, but the passive structure eliminates the person, so I see a lack of agreement between the two parts of the sentence. Bruce |
17 Apr 2015
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t.javanshir
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That �s what makes it a dangling structure Bruce. As you have rightly mentioned, "comparing" is done by a person, which makes the first part of the sentence active, while the second part is passive. An example of a commonly used dangling structure! |
19 Apr 2015
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