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Noun Concept

Categories: Syntactic entities, Disputes in English grammar

dangling modifier misplaced modifier dangling modifiers Hanging participle

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' WordNet 3.0

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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' WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A dangling modifier is a type of ambiguous grammatical construct whereby a grammatical modifier could be misinterpreted as being associated with a word other than the one intended. Wikipedia

A word or phrase that modifies a clause in an ambiguous manner Wikipedia Disambiguation

A word or clause that qualifies another word or clause ambiguously, possibly causing confusion with regard to the intended meaning. Wiktionary

Word or clause. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

modifier

HAS KIND

dangling participle

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

dangling modifier, misplaced modifier

Wikipedia

dangling modifier

Wikidata

Dangling modifier

Wiktionary

dangling modifier

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dangling modifiers, Hanging participle, Misplaced modifier