dangling participle
dangling participle · dangling participles
Any participle used as a dangling modifierAny participle used as a dangling modifier.
Meaning
1 sensesAny participle used as a dangling modifier.
More definitions
- a 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’
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: dangling participles| Singular | dangling participle |
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| Plural | dangling participles |
regular