VivianKerr wrote:Dependent clauses can serve many functions.
The introductory modifying phrase is only required to modify the noun/pronoun directly after the comma if it begins with a participle. That is a common Modification error on the GMAT.
CORRECT: "Skipping down the street, the girl felt happy."
In your example, "part" of the argument is describing the receipt of the sentence. We can flip the clauses, and the sentence would still make sense.
He received severance as part of the arrangement.
hi vivian thanks for the help .
but the following sentence is also considered correct .
although he remembered to buy the milk, john forgot what type the butter should be .
This corresponds to the structute
although/when/because ..., subject ...
Aware of the danger,he fled . is another correct sentence
is flipping the sentence a technique that we can rely upon at all times .
what about the sentences which have misplaced modifiers . we could always flip them to make the sentence correct
