HyperDic: dangling_participle

English > 1 sense of the expression dangling participle:
NOUNcommunicationdangling participlea participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended
English > dangling participle: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., 'flying across the country' in 'flying across the country the Rockies came into view'.
Broaderdangling modifier, misplaced modifierA word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence

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