You may have heard of "dangling participles," but knowing that you should avoid those doesn't much help if you're not sure what a participle is to begin with. So here's a quick guide:A participle is ...

It is usually used with the preposition en, which is translated as 'while', 'on' or 'by'. The present participle is a word formed from a verb. The English translation of the present participle ends in ...