dangling modifier

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Noun dangling modifier has 1 sense

dangling modifier, 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'
--₁ is a kind of modifier, qualifier
--₁ has particulars: dangling participle

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