User_gary  +  371082 Sun, 27 May 07 07:45 AM  But we do each get a Christmas hamper, full of adverbs, prepositions, gerunds, and comma splices. (Though I'm sorry to say there was a dangling modifier in mine, last year. Office Services please note.) Please explain the highlighted group of words or rephrase the sentences. [I have alreadly seen meanings from dictionaries for individual word but of no use to understand the sentence as a whole).] Please you explain. User_gary Joined on Fri, Jan 5 2007 Senior Member 3,027 Honesty is the best policy Commas, Adverbs, Prepositions, Verbs, Gerunds

	Tanit  +  371110 Sun, 27 May 07 10:29 AM Hi, The whole sentence was a joke. One of the mods (sorry, can't remember who ... MrP?) was basically saying that instead of money or presents, they get loads of mistakes for Christmas. Here are two good pages for comma splices and dangling modifiers . Here are two examples:  - comma splice: "Italy is well known for its monuments, there are amazing churches in Rome" (two independent clauses separated by a comma). - dangling modifier: "Being in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy the house very cheap." (this example is not mine ! who is in dilapidated conditions? the house or I?) Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,178 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante) Commas, Grammar, Clauses, Jokes