My take is that rules for things like dangling modifiers were developed in 18th century as part of a push to move print writing away from vernacular. But now thanks to social media print & vernacular are merging again. So: go wild.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @lmlauramarsh
John Dryden's to blame for dangling preps rule (invented in 1672 in a misguided notion to align English with the 'more perfect' Latin). Linguists have pointing out this silliness seemingly forever with Geoff Pullum writing the most acerbic takes. a fun one http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001702.html …
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Replying to @nazarre @lmlauramarsh
Yeah, that's what I meant by 18th century (although I suppose Restoration & Augustan would be more precise). Good grammar is a fundamentally counter-revolutionary project launched by the same people who restored the monarchy.
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