| 单词 | dangling modifier |
| 释义 | dangling modifier (once / 2363863 pages) n WORD FAMILY dangling modifier: dangling modifiers USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to an old rule about "dangling modifiers", these sentences are ungrammatical. The Guardian(Aug 15, 2014) Dangling modifiers, participial phrases, subjects and predicates — all of these terms have as much meaning to students as their Latin counterparts. New York Times(Jan 09, 2012) Note.—Two other kinds of dangling modifier, treated elsewhere in this book, may be briefly mentioned here. Greever, Garland, The Century Handbook of Writing(2010) n 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' Syn|Hypo|Hyper misplaced modifier 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' modifier, qualifier a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb |
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