Dangling modifiers, the GMAT, and the dangers of over-complication

In an attempt to better understand the grammatical issues that students studying for the GMAT typically find most challenging, I’ve started — belatedly, I admit — dipping a toe into the Sentence Correction forums on beatthegmat and gmatclub.  The experience is something I can only describe as a flashback to the days when I used to read students’ obsessive parsing … Continue reading Dangling modifiers, the GMAT, and the dangers of over-complication