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You guys get with the program. The language has outgrown this silly notion that the subject and the topic have to be the same thing. This thing y'all foolishly call a dangling participle is simply a marker to let you know that the subject and topic are not the same. The phrase being an insectivore belongs properly to the topic, in this case, kiwi.


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oh, silly me, thanks Fald.



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You're an insectivore, Pfranz??

Sure. He was the model for the Renfield character in Dracula. Didn't ya know? ("Flies? mmmm...what do I care for flies?"....Snatch! Gobble!)



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The language has outgrown this silly notion that the subject and the topic have to be the same thing.

Let me add my thanks to eta's for the heads-up, oh fastidious descriptivist.


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Hey! I'm all for rules as long as they fit the language. Don't blame me if y'all ain' quick enough to keep up.


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