Timeline for What is the grammatical error in "Apart from Federer, I have not seen a stronger player"?
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| Aug 5, 2021 at 18:57 | history | edited | Mark G B | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added emphasis.
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| Aug 5, 2021 at 18:55 | comment | added | Mark G B | @gnasher729, a humorous counterpoint! But your modification changes the sense, and those changes alter the circumstances and the answer. Your construction is ambiguous, and I still maintain the original construction is not. Even if you simply added the "ex-Mrs" bit to the original, it still only makes sense the one way, and might only barely be misconstrued. It is easy enough to find other instances of truly misplaced modifiers. The modifier does not have to be directly adjacent, if the intended meaning is clear. | |
| Aug 5, 2021 at 16:12 | comment | added | gnasher729 | As the ex-Mrs Federer said: “Apart from Federer, I have never visited a tennis court again”. | |
| Aug 4, 2021 at 13:52 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | (the incorrect grammar in the previous comment is deliberate) | |
| Aug 4, 2021 at 13:51 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | It, for "Apart from Federer" to modify "I", would not make sense | |
| Aug 3, 2021 at 19:13 | history | answered | Mark G B | CC BY-SA 4.0 |