Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dangling_participle

1 sense of dangling participle

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')
       => 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')