The coordinating conjunctions are and, but, or, for, so yet, nor. The modifying phrase in that sentence is said to dangle because its placement makes it refer incorrectly to automobile . Ellipses are commonly used when words or sentence are omitted in exact quotations of printed matter. If an ellipsis appears at the end of a sentence, there are four periods. In English, there are relatively few gendered nouns.
Some examples are blond and blonde , in reference to a man and a woman, respectively.
Walking is good exercise. Simply, the receiver of the direct object. With the modifying phrase placed as it is in that sentence, the sentence appears to say that the traffic violation was committed in court. In fact, I hardly knew him. He was, to tell the truth , an undesirable resident.