IN last week's column we discussed the resumptive modifier. We saw that by using a key word in the main clause as the subject or theme of the relative phrases that come after it, we can eliminate ...

Parallelism is the use of like grammatical structures in a sentence to maintain rhythm and balance. We enjoy swimming, skiing, and skating. (The three -ing phrases are used together.) It would be ...

Martin Davies, Sentence Modifiers and Semantic Theories: A Note on a Conjecture, Analysis, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan., 1982), pp. 7-11 ...