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Is it correct to write -
According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree, the University will employ me.
The university doesn't finish the degree. So if I write 'after finishing my degree, the University will employ me', doesn't it misplace the modifier?
doesn't it misplace the modifier?
Yes, this looks like a dangling modifier. The reader can probably still understand what was intended since there's only one reasonable interpretation. Also, in speech rather than writing, the rules are more lax.
A better phrasing:
According to the conditions of my scholarship, after I finish my degree, the University will employ me.
According to the conditions of my scholarship, the University will employ me after I finish my degree.
is really the simplest solution here. Why have so many moving parts when they are not necessary??
I am not a native but I would say that one doesn't finish a degree but you finish a course at college. I see natives didn't have a problem understanding the idea of getting a college diploma but if you think about it finishing college sounds more natural than finishing a degree or even finishing university.
