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dangling modifier
 
Noun dangling modifier has 1 sense
  1. 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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