Revise. My office hours were unlimited during the summer months. Usually from seven in the morning until after six o’clock at night on week days.
342. Attach a participial phrase, carelessly punctuated as if it were a sentence, to the sentence to which it belongs.
Wrong. We arrived on the peak before sunrise. This being the best time to arrive.
Right. We arrived on the peak before sunrise, this being the best time.
Revise. Asher won the mile in 4:32. Thus breaking the record.
343. Attach a subordinate clause, carelessly punctuated as if it were a sentence, to the sentence to which it belongs.
Wrong. Soon after it is plowed. It should be harrowed several times in order to crush out all the lumps of dirt.
Right. Soon after it is plowed it should be harrowed several times in order to crush out all the lumps of dirt.
Revise. When the grain is dry enough to be threshed. The owner issues invitations for a threshing bee.