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Dangling participle Moderate

Dangling participle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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'

2

Any participle used as a dangling modifier.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dangling modifier
Rhyming Words
ple caple tiple ample duple tuple diple apple maple kipple people ripple temple marple hopple meeple semple popple topple sipple
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