Dangling modifier (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dangling modifier" in English language version.

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Strunk, William; White, E.B. (1962) [1959]. The Elements of Style. Boston: The Macmillan Company. p. 8. LCCN 59-9950.
The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1996. p. 1. ISBN 0-395-76785-7.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, p. 315, Merriam-Webster, 1995.
The Least You Should Know about English, p. 134, Wilson and Glazier, Cengage Learning, 2008.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

"The real problem with dangling participles". The Economist. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
The article cites: Donaldson, James (July 22, 2021). Control in free adjuncts: The 'dangling modifier' in English (PhD). The University of Edinburgh. doi:10.7488/era/1055.

economist.com (Global: 331^st place; English: 272^nd place)

"The real problem with dangling participles". The Economist. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
The article cites: Donaldson, James (July 22, 2021). Control in free adjuncts: The 'dangling modifier' in English (PhD). The University of Edinburgh. doi:10.7488/era/1055.

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Strunk, William; White, E.B. (1962) [1959]. The Elements of Style. Boston: The Macmillan Company. p. 8. LCCN 59-9950.

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"hopefully." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2007. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=hopefully Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (15 Aug. 2007).

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Emory University Style Manual and Services Guide p. 19
"hopefully." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2007. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=hopefully Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (15 Aug. 2007).