Meaning Of The Word Dangling participle

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Dangling participle Meaning

Dangling participle Definition
Dangling participle Definition

What's The Definition Of Dangling participle?

dangling participle in American English
noun: a participle or participial phrase, often found at the beginning of a sentence, that appears from its position to modify an element of the sentence other than the one it was intended to modify, as plunging in Plunging hundreds of feet into the gorge, we s

dangling participle in British English
noun: a participle intended to modify a noun but having the wrong grammatical relationship to it as for example having left in the sentence Having left Europe for good, Peter's future seemed bleak indeed

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