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- From: sinan@cyberramp.net (John L. Noland)
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- Subject: Re: Dangling pointer?
- Date: 18 Apr 1996 22:30:32 GMT
- Organization: Uno mas por favor
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- In article <4l33dcINN8ms@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>, c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca says...
- In article <fcusack-1604962132440001@mudskipper.cac.psu.edu>,
- frank. <fcusack@tdx.org> wrote:
- >In article <4l0r4b$jte@dewey.csun.edu>, kc44097@csun.edu (chen) wrote:
- >
- >> What is "dangling pointer",can someone give me a defination and example?
- >> Please e-mail me kc44097@huey.csun.edu
- >>
- >
- >It's the complement of a split infinitive. :)
- >
- >Actually it isn't. A there is nothing wrong with putting words between the "to"
- >and the verb. In fact, it's the only place an adjective can go:
- >
- > "I want to quickly get this message out"
- >
- >is perfectly grammatical. It would be ungrammatical to put the "quickly" in
- >front of the "to" or after the "get".
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- quickly is an adverb not an adjective. I think he was making a play on
- the term dangling participle.
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- -John
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