Dangling Participle

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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'

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Dangling Participles
possessive: Dangling Participle's
pluralpossessive: Dangling Participles'

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