| 单词 | dangling participle |
| 释义 | dangling participle (once / 656629 pages) n WORD FAMILY dangling participle: dangling participles USAGE EXAMPLESDr. Hussein came over to rescue us from white space and dangling participles. Salon(Jul 19, 2015) Norris shares her views on spelling, punctuation, dangling participles and troublesome pronouns, providing apt illustrations from an editing life. New York Times(Apr 14, 2015) The headlines that “win,” according to Spartz’s testing algorithm, are usually hyperbolic, and many of them begin with dangling participles or end with prepositions. The New Yorker(Dec 29, 2014) n 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' Hyper 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' |
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