dangling participle

dang·ling·par·ticiple

uncommon

noun

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''

Synonyms

dangle dangle-berry dangleberry dangling dangling modifier Daniel Daniel Bernoulli Daniel Boone Daniel Chester French Daniel Defoe

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