dangling participle

[Mehmet Hascan]

dangling participle : (grammar) a participle that relates to a noun that is not mentioned

‘Dangling participles’ are not considered correct. In the sentence ‘While walking home, my phone rang’, ‘walking’ is a dangling participle. A correct form of the sentence would be ‘While I was walking home, my phone rang’.

[ALI-KARABULUT]

dangling participle : (grammar) a participle that relates to a noun that is not mentioned

‘Dangling participles’ are not considered correct. In the sentence ‘While walking home, my phone rang’, ‘walking’ is a dangling participle. A correct form of the sentence would be ‘While I was walking home, my phone rang’.

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dangling modifier OR misplaced modifier
A word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence:

- 'When young' in "When young, circuses appeal to all of us.".
- Streaking through the sky, we watched the rocket reenter the atmosphere. (Streaking through the sky is misplaced.)