Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Dangling modifier when the preposition is at the beginning of the sentence ("After", "by")


Which of the following sentences are correct?



After introducing some anchors by the user, the range of nodes which are affected by a single anchor or a group of anchors should be specified.


After some anchors are introduced by the user, the range of nodes which are affected by a single anchor or a group of anchors should be specified


After some anchors were introduced by the user, the range of nodes which are affected by a single anchor or a group of anchors should be specified



How about this.




After visiting a node which matches the anchor “PageNavigationBar”, the scope of the context is closed.


by selecting the two anchors from the list of anchors and selecting the “Common Ancestor” option, the context is created



I am afraid the way I use of subordinate clauses with "after" or "by" is incorrect or not natural or they can be cases of Dangling Modifiers


What is the general rule?




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