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Before applying to graduate school, it is a good idea to master dangling gerunds.
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Before you apply to graduate school, you should master dangling gerunds.
Once in graduate school, it is wise to be on the lookout for dangling elliptical clauses.
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Once in graduate school, you would be wise to be on the lookout for dangling elliptical clauses.
 
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Once you are in graduate school, you would be wise to be on the lookout for dangling elliptical clauses.
To get into graduate school, it is necessary to have mastered dangling infinitives.
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To get into graduate school, you must have mastered dangling infinitives.

The red flag for a dangler is a sentence with an introductory word, phrase, or clause. To recognize the problem, see whether the introductory matter applies to what immediately follows it. To solve the problem, transpose the elements of the main clause. Or rewrite either the main clause or the introductory matter to attach properly what would otherwise be unattached or incorrectly attached.

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