Usually means: Modifier not clearly attaching noun.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. dangling participle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. dangling participle: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dangling participle: Vocabulary.com
  4. dangling participle: Wiktionary
  5. dangling participle: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. dangling participle: Dictionary.com
  7. Dangling participle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. dangling participle: Rhymezone
  9. dangling participle: FreeDictionary.org
  10. dangling participle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. dangling participle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Dangling participle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dangling participle)

noun:  (grammar) Any participle used as a dangling modifier.

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