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eruthrosI discovered the following absolutely fabulous grammatical error in a story summary today:
"[blahblahplotblah] ... in an attempt to improve his marriage's sex life."
His marriage is having sex with ... other marriages?
I really, really want to use this example in my next TPR course, when we talk about all sorts of misplaced modifiers and faulty comparisons and other things that make a sentence not say what it means, but somehow I don't think they'd go for it. I'm probably stuck with endless example sentences about Elvis and toupees instead. Le sigh.
"[blahblahplotblah] ... in an attempt to improve his marriage's sex life."
His marriage is having sex with ... other marriages?
I really, really want to use this example in my next TPR course, when we talk about all sorts of misplaced modifiers and faulty comparisons and other things that make a sentence not say what it means, but somehow I don't think they'd go for it. I'm probably stuck with endless example sentences about Elvis and toupees instead. Le sigh.
