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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

those with prepositional phrases, see English phrasal verbs#Types Dangling modifier "preposition stranding". Retrieved 2022-05-15. "stranded preposition"...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

This can be overridden by appending an explicit length and/or signedness modifier; for example, 12lu has type unsigned long. There are no negative integer...

takes modifiers (such as adverbs) that are appropriate to verbs: eating heartily is good for the health. The deverbal noun instead takes modifiers appropriate...

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...