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Grrrr. I agree Chris .
Paxman is guilty of a "dangling participle" !

Good morning, Elle!
Fine fresh day here!
Snap!
I can't be doing with Jeremy Paxman, too!
A 24 carat pub bore of a man.
But, it is the content of the programmes I am interested in.
TV guide. Can you not look ahead on the Freeview guide?
Sky lets me look 7 days ahead.
Very handy for setting programmes to "record", or add to "planner".
I am heading out at 11.00, but it is Miss O who is collecting me and she is always late. Always!

Good morning, Rusty!
A lovely day here, too, for now......but I am told we can expect rain later!
I have just discovered BB's cagoule hanging behind the door....I hope he isn't going to need it today!
I think he is going to Sports' Club.
I didn't even know there was a Freeview Guide......!
But yes, you are right......I have found it on Google!
(and have saved it in My Favourites )
Where are you and Miss O heading?
Is it for a bacon roll at the Pine Cone?
She may surprise you...and arrive on time?



Hello, Chris!
I did say that J.P was condescending.......I should have added "ungrammatical" as well!


I appreciate your sentiments, Jazzy, although there isn't actually a 'participle' in Chris' quote - "danglin" or otherwise!

Hi Elle,
re the participle, google "Dangling Participle" for more details.
Two examples are:
While camping, I saw a bear wearing my pyjames .
For sale: mahogany table by lady with Chippendale legs.

Hi Jazzy,

Enlighten me please: where is the participle in the 'mahogany table' example?

Sorry, JG, but I do think you are in error.....
Yes, the example you have just given is correct........"camping" in that instance is a "dangling participle", as it does not relate to the main noun.
BUT Chris quoted "With an average age of xx,........"
There is no participle in that phrase.

Hello, Elle!
No, I meant an "on-screen" programme guide?
Explore your remote control, or ask your daughter!
It may be called an "EPG".
A "something programme guide"?
Yes, I think we will go to Pine Cone, for a change!
The girls seem to prefer a cheese and ham toastie there, now.

"Having an average of ...."would fit then ?
The example of the mahogany table was from a grammar lesson long ago, where the subject of the sentence was "modified". The Americans don't use the word "participle" but "modifier". I was in error it seems.

The example given in google
'For sale: mahogany table BY lady with chippendale legs'
is quoted as being an example of 'dangling modifiers', not
'dangling participle'.

Hi Rusty!
Yes, I can get an on screen programme guide........
I think I'll just go back to bed!
My brain is obviously not up to the travails of the day!
Enjoy your outing!
Talk later!