Mallard Ducks
Posted in Prints on 09/01/2008 11:21 am by admin |
 Les Kouba Art Print Mallard Duck $25.00 Time Remaining: 6h 11m |
 Mallard Duck In Flight On Lake Hunt Picture Art Print $9.00 Time Remaining: 23d 6h 39m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 VINTAGE A J RUDISILL PRINT OF MALLARD DUCKS BY THE WATER FRAMED $24.95 Time Remaining: 6h 15m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 1937 AUDUBON Old Print 221 MALLARD DUCK $6.25 Time Remaining: 27d 1h 8m Buy It Now for only: $6.25 |
 MALLARD DUCKS RARE Vintage Art PRINT $19.99 Time Remaining: 10h 53m |
 Ray Mertes S N DUCK MALLARD PRINT Evening Refuge $14.95 Time Remaining: 8d 7h 54m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 DAVID MAASS MARSH MALLARDS SIGNED FRAMED DUCK PRINT COLLECTORS EDITION $69.95 Time Remaining: 10h 54m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 No 221 Mallard Duck Huge Audubon Print $149.95 Time Remaining: 7d 19h 26m Buy It Now for only: $149.95 |
 John Green signed and numbered Mallard ducks framed pri $115.00 Time Remaining: 13h 8m Buy It Now for only: $130.00 |
 Mallard Ducks Hunt Wildlife Country Framed Picture Art $24.50 Time Remaining: 27d 9h 18m Buy It Now for only: $24.50 |
 Vintage Conrad Roland Print Copyright Rudolf Lesch Fine Arts Inc Duck Mallard $39.99 Time Remaining: 1d 4h 34m |
 1934 Mallard Black Duck Print BROOKS Waterfowl birds fowl ducks drake $0.99 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 41m |
 1885 Tipped In Chromolithograph Mallard Wild Duck Dabbling Anatidae Family $73.95 Time Remaining: 19d 13h 29m Buy It Now for only: $73.95 |
 Mallard Duck Print Info The Sky Mallards Duck Hunter Wildlife Print Game MINT $16.50 Time Remaining: 1d 13h 28m |
 Mallard Duck Flying Lake Cabin Picture Framed Art Print $49.00 Time Remaining: 23d 6h 17m Buy It Now for only: $49.00 |
 Set of 4 Ducks by Dan Mitra Ruddy Merganser Mallard Common Loon Prints Signed $850.00 Time Remaining: 2d 5h 14m Buy It Now for only: $1,000.00 |
 Mallard Duck Flying Lake Cabin Picture Art Print $9.00 Time Remaining: 23d 6h 38m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 Audubon Birds of America Print Mallard Duck 14 X 17 John James Audubon $2.99 Time Remaining: 2d 7h 5m |
 BIRD Duck Mallard Sheldrake Mandarin 1820 Engraving $69.95 Time Remaining: 24d 5m Buy It Now for only: $69.95 |
 Ned Ewell Duck Mallards Print w Pencil Illustration $19.33 Time Remaining: 2d 9h 5m |
 1883 Japanese Art Painting Mallard Duck Nishi Mura RARE ORIGINAL $162.47 Time Remaining: 19d 6h 29m Buy It Now for only: $162.47 |
 Mallards Landing Wilfred Bailey Vintage Collograph Print Framed Duck Hunting $39.98 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 10h 39m |
 SHARING THE HABITAT PRINT BY David Maass Pintail Mallard DUCKS $4.95 Time Remaining: 3d 9h 2m |
 Mallard Duck On Frozen Lake And Snow Picture Art Print $9.00 Time Remaining: 23d 6h 39m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 Mallard Ducks Framed Print Anni Moller $15.95 Time Remaining: 3d 11h |
 Mallard Duck Print Signed Numbered Framed Ltd Edition $199.99 Time Remaining: 21d 9h 8m Buy It Now for only: $199.99 |
 Limited Edition Duck Print by artist Gary Moss AS Good As Home Mallards $79.00 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 36m |
 Art Print of Sunset and Mallard Duck by artist Forrelli $20.00 Time Remaining: 29d 9h 4m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 1932 Mallard Gadwall Pintail Ducks Print BROOKS Birds of Minnesota waterfowl $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 29m |
 MAYNARD REECE FAST GET AWAY MALLARD DUCK CALENDAR ART PRINT 1920 $6.95 Time Remaining: 27d 4h 20m Buy It Now for only: $6.95 |
 Louis Prang Natural History Chromolithograph 1885 MALLARD DUCK $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 44m |
 BIRD Mallard Duck 1913 Print Louis Fuertes $49.95 Time Remaining: 24d 12m Buy It Now for only: $49.95 |
 Wm Zimmerman MALLARD Framed Matted Duck Print $11.00 Time Remaining: 3d 23h 44m |
 Dick Miller Mallard duck Wildlife Art Print $15.00 Time Remaining: 4d 1h 15m |
 Mallard Duck 16x20 Canvas Oil Painting 21x24 Brown Wood Frame $38.25 Time Remaining: 2d 5h 2m Buy It Now for only: $38.25 |
 Mallard Duck print by R M Prunty with antique boat $5.00 Time Remaining: 4d 1h 19m |
 Lettie Jones Lost Island Refugee HS Duck mallard print $15.99 Time Remaining: 4d 10h 37m Buy It Now for only: $15.99 |
 Bird Prints Mallard Duck Ivory billed Woodpecker Meadow Lark White Crown Sparrow $4.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 1h 49m |
 Mallard Duck Hunting Spaniel Dog by G Earl antique engraving original 1870 $28.00 Time Remaining: 26d 14h 32m Buy It Now for only: $28.00 |
 Print MALLARD DUCK John J Audubon R Havell Vintage $5.00 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 37m |
 Ray Mertes Droppin In Cabin Duck Mallard Print Framed $26.95 Time Remaining: 12d 4h 6m Buy It Now for only: $26.95 |
 Print MALLARD DUCK John J Audubon R Havell Vintage $5.00 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 37m |
 Mallard Duck On Frozen Lake And Snow Black Framed Art $49.00 Time Remaining: 23d 6h 36m Buy It Now for only: $49.00 |
 MALLARD DUCK ILLISTRATIONS ARTIST SIGNED MADS STAGE $40.00 Time Remaining: 4d 5h 35m Buy It Now for only: $49.00 |
 Mallard Duck Print Signed Joel KIrk $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 6h 9m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 Antique Print WILD DUCK MALLARD Brehm 1890 $27.50 Time Remaining: 12d 2h 13m Buy It Now for only: $27.50 |
 VINTAGE 9x12 MALLARD DUCK Hunting Picture Print on wood Wall Hanging SUPER $3.97 Time Remaining: 4d 6h 14m |
 Mallard Duck In Flight On Lake Hunt Black Framed Art $49.00 Time Remaining: 23d 6h 36m Buy It Now for only: $49.00 |
 MALLARDS AT DAWN by Les Kouba RARE COLLECTOR ART PRINT Ducks Hunting $9.95 Time Remaining: 4d 8h |
 Rare Antique Bird Print NORTHERN SHOVELER MALLARD WILD DUCK PINTAIL Strack 1819 $197.50 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 15m Buy It Now for only: $197.50 |
 AUTUMN GLOW Mary Pettis ART PRINT 19x29 Cabin Ducks Mallards SIGNED NUMBERED $5.95 Time Remaining: 4d 8h |
 Jim Hansel MORNING MALLARDS Duck print 29 x 19 $16.95 Time Remaining: 18d 13h 45m Buy It Now for only: $16.95 |
 SPRING ARRIVALS by Mary Pettis ART PRINT 19x29 Ducks Mallards Cabin L E S N $5.95 Time Remaining: 4d 8h |
 Mallard Duck Family Artist Print 17x19 Wood Frame $36.25 Time Remaining: 14d 1h 49m Buy It Now for only: $36.25 |
 Framed Matted Wildlife Art Mallard Ducks Decoys Cabin Duck Hunting Lake New $39.99 Time Remaining: 4d 10h 49m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 Framed Matted Wildlife Art Mallard Ducks Decoys Cabin Duck Hunting Lake New $39.99 Time Remaining: 4d 10h 54m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 MALLARD DUCK 1906 Original Print MEDLAND $24.99 Time Remaining: 18h Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 MAYNARD REECE AUTUMN WINGS MALLARDS DUCKS STAMPS PRINT SIGNED LTD ED $49.99 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 7m |
 Lot of 2 Andres Orpinas Mallard Duck Prints 11 x 13 Framed Matted $25.00 Time Remaining: 13d 5h 50m Buy It Now for only: $25.00 |
 WILLIAM PLANTE SIGNED MALLARD DRAKE DUCK PICTURE 1077 B PTE 1980 $135.00 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 25m Buy It Now for only: $165.00 |
 MALLARD DUCK Chick 1906 Original print MEDLAND $24.99 Time Remaining: 18h 2m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 Mallard Ducks Ducklings On River Herring 11x14 Ducks Canvas Print $19.99 Time Remaining: 4d 12h 59m Buy It Now for only: $21.99 |
 BIRD Swan Duck Mallard Chinese Teal 1880s Print $39.95 Time Remaining: 24d 21m Buy It Now for only: $39.95 |
 Vintage Print Mallard DUCKS Eating a SNAIL Marsh Print $8.99 Time Remaining: 4d 13h 18m Buy It Now for only: $14.00 |
 J Kasprzyk Watercolor Mallard Duck 1986 Framed Print $23.80 Time Remaining: 16d 13h 26m Buy It Now for only: $23.80 |
 1900s MALLARD DUCK BIRDS BIRD Print Original Vintage Fuertes Chromolithograph $0.99 Time Remaining: 5d 11h 24m |
 Mallard Duck Print Framed Numbered Limited Edition Signed $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 12h 17m |
 Mallard Duck Landing in the Water Color Print by Bayzand Authentic 1927 $24.50 Time Remaining: 12d 14h 33m Buy It Now for only: $24.50 |
 ANTIQUE 1932 BRITISH BIRDS EGGS Mallard Gadwall Pintail Teal Duck eggs $0.99 Time Remaining: 6d 7h 31m |
 Antique Print MALLARD SHOVELER WIGEON DUCK Buffon 1853 $79.50 Time Remaining: 13d 7h 10m Buy It Now for only: $79.50 |
 richard plasschaert backwater mallards duck print $0.99 Time Remaining: 6d 10h 15m |
 Mallard Duck in Flight Bargain Mini Art Print Free Shipping $6.00 Time Remaining: 19d 5h 34m Buy It Now for only: $6.00 |
 VTG CHARLES E MURPHY MALLARD DUCKS PRINT W FRAME $15.00 Time Remaining: 6d 13h 56m |
 Mike Stidham Mallard Duck Cattail LTD ED Etching $89.95 Time Remaining: 8d 3h 16m Buy It Now for only: $89.95 |
 VINTAGE CALENDAR PRINT LITHO IN USA 1949 COMING IN MALLARD DUCKS LANDING $4.50 Time Remaining: 4d 14h 58m |
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If the rules of English grammar are carved anywhere, they’re carved only in butter. A lot of the rules are arbitrary at best and sometimes even silly. And it’s possible that you can violate many of them and still be considered a good writer. But should you? Like everything else, the rules come into and go out of fashion. Shakespeare could use double negatives, but we’re not supposed to. An educated person in the 17th Century could say ain’t, but not now. So, where does that leave us?
I’m a writer-for-hire, so I’m expected to know the rules and follow them. But I don’t, always. Should I? Let’s look at an example of a standard rule of writing. In this case, I’m talking about modifiers and the things they modify. (I’ll use some technical names, but don’t worry about them. They aren’t important when you’re writing, because you’ll recognize one when you see it.) The modifier can be one word like happy, or it can be words in a phrase, like over the hill or sitting on top of the world. The first example is an adjective, the next one is a prepositional phrase, and the third one is a participial phrase. The rule we’re considering is: Don’t separate a modifier from the thing it modifies. That’s easy if the modifier is a single word, green, and the thing it modifies is parrot. You wouldn’t write, “I saw a parrot sitting in a tree green.” It’s pretty obvious that if you want the reader to know that the parrot’s green, you put the modifier next to the parrot. You could even write, “I saw a parrot green upon a tree sitting,” and the reader would still know the parrot’s green. It’s just a bit more poetic. Where we more often get into trouble is when the modifier is a phrase instead of a single word. For example, the phrase “under a palm tree” is the modifier in the sentence “I stood under a palm tree and watched a parrot.” In the sentence “Today, standing under a palm tree, I watched a beautiful parrot,” the modifier is “standing near a palm tree.” In both examples, the phrases are telling us (modifying) who was standing under the palm tree. And it’s clear that I was the one because the modifiers are right next to the thing being modified.
Now comes the fun. Groucho Marx said, “Once I shot an elephant wearing my pajamas.” That was either a very unlikely place to find an elephant, or it was a dangling modifier. When the modifier gets misplaced in a case like this, it can confuse the meaning. That’s the reason for the rule. It applies any time a modifier gets placed so that it seems to modify a subject other than the intended one. If I wrote, “I once watched a parrot wearing just my old rain coat,” I’d have to say that I’ll never understand how that parrot got into my rain coat. Anyway, that’s not what I wanted to say. Oh, sure, I could always use the lame, old excuse, “But you knew what I meant.” Maybe so, but as a writer, it’s my responsibility to make it perfectly clear what I mean. It’s not the reader’s job to figure it out.
In the New York Times, in May 2005, there was a picture of a duck with her brood walking along a road. Next to the picture was the explanation: A mallard that nested for weeks outside the Treasury Department in Washington led her day-old ducklings yesterday through Rock Creek Park. Agriculture Department wildlife experts escorted the new family to its new home in a four-vehicle motorcade. In this case, the phrase “in a four-vehicle motorcade” is obviously intended to modify “experts escorted.” Unfortunately, it seems to describe the ducks’ new home. Aside from any grammatical consideration, that’s just plain sloppy writing.
So, this is a rule that needs to be followed if you’re going to write clearly. Here’s a handy trick when you think there might be a problem with a modifier in your writing. Just read your sentence out loud, and if it sounds like there’s any possibility the reader will misunderstand the meaning, rewrite it to make sure the modifier is doing its job.
Bill Moore is the author of Write Rite Right. This compendium of homophones, homonyms, and frequently misapplied words is a necessary resource for anyone who writes for others to read. (Available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com) Bill works with businesses, focusing on organizational development and corporate training with emphasis on communications and product presentation. He helps his clients sharpen communication and selling skills and reach targeted audiences effectively. He’s a freelance trainer, researcher, and technical writer with over 30 years professional experience. Visit his Website, [http://www.WriteRiteRight.com] for more information on words and writing. You can contact him personally at bill_moore@WriteRiteRight.com