dangling participle

English

Examples
"Waking the men, the corpse was immediately rolled up in the strips of blanketing upon which it lay, and carried on deck." — Herman Melville (It is not the corpse that woke the men.)

Noun

dangling participle (plural dangling participles)

1. (grammar) Any participle used as a dangling modifier.

   Synonym: (informal) dangler

Translations

participle used as a dangling modifier

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 垂懸分詞／垂悬分词 (zh) (chuíxuán fēncí)

• Finnish: väärä lauseenvastike