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Noun: dangling modifier
  1. 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'
    - misplaced modifier

Derived forms: dangling modifiers

Type of: modifier, qualifier

Encyclopedia: Dangling modifier

Nearest

dangerous
dangerous undertaking
dangerously
dangerousness
Dangla
dangle
dangleberry
dangle-berry
dangler
dangling
dangling modifier
dangling participle
dangly
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