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DANGLING PARTICIPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dangling participle mean?
• DANGLING PARTICIPLE (noun)
The noun DANGLING PARTICIPLE has 1 sense:
1. 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'
Familiarity information: DANGLING PARTICIPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dangling participle" is a kind of...):
dangling modifier; misplaced modifier (a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in 'when young, circuses appeal to all of us')
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