What,if anyhting,is wrong with the following sentence.
Being unable to type the letter,the boss
fired me.
A. PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED SENTENCE
B. COMMA SPLICE
C. FRAGMENT
D. DANGLER
I AM THINKING THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
(B)comma splice
AM I CORRECT?
IS THIS A DANGLER.
Yes, it's a dangler -- it reads as if the boss couldn't type the letter!
=)
Actually, you are incorrect. The correct answer is (C) fragment.
A fragment is an incomplete sentence that is missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought. In the given sentence, "Being unable to type the letter" is a participial phrase that doesn't have a subject or a main verb. It is not a complete thought on its own, making it a fragment.
To fix the sentence, you could add a subject and a verb. For example: "Being unable to type the letter, I was fired by the boss." This sentence now has a subject ("I") and a verb ("was fired"), making it a complete sentence.