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dangling participle
 
Noun dangling participle has 1 sense
  1. dangling participle - 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'
    --1 is a kind of     dangling modifier, misplaced modifier
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