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Letter: Problem participles

Published 3 June 2009

From Hector Casal

I found the article “Seeing with sound” by Daniel Kish (11 April, p 31) inspiring. Thank you for including it in Âé¶¹´«Ã½.

I was, however, struck by the sentence “What is it like to ‘see’ the world using sonar?” beneath the headline. It reminded me of a similar construction that appeared in the years ago: “The rabbits were observed using binoculars.” The dangling participle strikes again.

Cleveland, Ohio, US

Issue no. 2711 published 6 June 2009

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