A dangling modifier (also known as a dangling participle, illogical participle or hanging participle) is a type of ambiguous grammatical construct whereby...

called a "dangling modifier", or more specifically, in the common case where (as here) the modifier is a participial phrase, a "dangling participle". Description...

Compound modifier, two or more words that modify a noun Dangling modifier, a word or phrase that modifies a clause in an ambiguous manner Modifier key, a...

Look up dangle or dangling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dangle, dangler or dangling may refer to: Dangler (plot device), an unresolved plot line...

meaning, one of them sexual. Albur Coincidence Dirty Minds Doublespeak Dangling modifier Euphemism Iham Paraprosdokian Spoonerism Ribaldry The word double...

adjective Conjugation Conjunction Constituent Coordination Crossover Dangling modifier Declension Dependency grammar Dependent marking Determiner Dual (form...

writing style and clarity but not grammatical correctness: Dangling modifiers (including dangling participles) are often cited as potentially causing confusion...

are perceived to be acceptable Dangling else, a similarly ambiguous parsing issue in computer programming Dangling modifier Donkey sentence, a sentence that...

English as She Is Spoke Figure of speech Non sequitur (literary device) Dangling modifier "Anacoluthon - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary"...

Orlando. This kind of construction has traditionally been seen as a dangling modifier, though Donaldson argues otherwise. Similar to (4), adjuncts can take...

thus get tripped up with the garden path sentence. Ambiguous grammar Dangling modifier Eats, Shoots & Leaves Equivocation Garden path sentence Ibis redibis...

an effective consumer of language than just expressing dismay at dangling modifiers, faulty subject and verb agreement, or questionable usage. All who...

Despite decreased use, hyphenation remains the norm in certain compound-modifier constructions and, among some authors, with certain prefixes (see below)...

grammatical clustering of words or expressions in linguistic analysis Dangling modifier – Type of misplaced grammatical phrase Intensive pronoun – Type of...

morpheme - Creaky voice - Creole language - Cryptanalysis - Cuneiform Dangling modifier - Dative case - Decipherment - Declension - Defective verb - Descriptive...

the syntactic construction in which a so-called stranded, hanging, or dangling preposition occurs somewhere other than immediately before its corresponding...

supplements are often deprecated as dangling modifiers. Adjective phrases often function as pre-head (or attributive) modifiers in noun phrases, occurring after...

"Avoided by many writers". See also the discussion of hopefully as a dangling modifier. One investigation in modern corpora on Language Log revealed that...

usage and mechanics – issues such as commas, apostrophes, (misplaced/dangling) modifiers, colons, and fragments and run-ons – as well as on rhetorical skills...

a general-purpose insult with the name of ethnicity. Common insulting modifiers include "dog", "pig", "dirty" and "filthy"; such terms are not included...

across. I spent the first 50 pages of The Siege tallying clichés, dangling modifiers and awkward phrases. These very quickly stopped—or stopped mattering...

relation. The dependency relation, in contrast, is present insofar as modifiers dangle off of or appear below the words that they modify. A sentence may also...

Apparitions (1997), Filled with Content, Emptied with Form (1999), Dangling Modifier (1999) and Exacting Minutia While History Repeats (2004, 2007), she...

buzzing sound often heard emanating from the sintir is caused by metal rings dangling off of a galvanized metal feather mounted on the end of the sintir's neck...

depending on the modifier keywords used in their definition. The following table shows the access to members permitted by each modifier. JavaScript has...

Festival in 2016, Incline/Decline, produced in Austin in 2014, and Dangling Modifiers, a reimagining of Antigone that debuted at the New Works Festival...

conjugated for tense and voice and can take prepositional and adverbial modifiers. Cross-linguistically, participles may have a range of functions apart...

would take over the United States.[citation needed] Each title had the modifier "A.D." ("After Doom") added on the logo to reflect the change. The new...

is declared in the same way with an accompanied usage of the "static" modifier; those have not the desired effect but are instead just classes with no...

if, loop ... end loop). In the case of conditional blocks this avoids a dangling else that could pair with the wrong nested 'if'-expression in other languages...