Dangling Modifier

Of modifier.   May also be referred to as misplaced modifier.

A word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'.

This concept's ID is @1~33867

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    A participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a...