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poison inside-ABL entering rat
[Like] a rat going into the poison
A very bad situation that cannot be escaped from, supposedly. "Between a rock and a hard place," maybe.
Day: February 22, 2012
Caveat: Absolute Danglation
It was a hard day at work. I think I shouldn't complain about it, though. Just move on. As recently observed, overall, it's one of the least stressful jobs I've ever had. So… I shouldn't let it stress me out.
Changing the subject, the concept of the dangling participle was annoying today.
In fact, English also has something called an absolute construction, and many sentences criticized for including a dangling participle can be explained as including an absolute instead, which is considered grammatical. Is the green sentence above an example of a dangling participle or an absolute construction? I believe it's the latter.
Really, then, I wonder: can something dangle absolutely?.