dangling participle in English

noun
1
a participle intended to modify a noun that is not actually present in the text.
One way to tell whether the participle is dangling is to put the phrase with the participle right after the subject of the sentence: "Bob's printer, rushing to finish the paper, broke" doesn't sound right.

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1. Tall, dangling?

2. Adangle (not comparable) Dangling

3. What does Adangle mean? Dangling

4. If dict deletes list dangling pointer.

5. The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now.

6. The receiver was dangling from the payphone.

7. He sat with his legs dangling off the bridge.

8. There's a wire dangling down either side.

9. There was a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

10. There are no dangling participles or misplaced modifiers.

11. There's a tall, dangling man waving us down over there.

12. Even a pink bath sponge dangling from a ribbon.

13. Dangling from her ears were two large gold earrings.

14. He is but limbs, dangling from a skewered trunk.

15. His eye was dangling out of the damn socket!

16. I didn't catch at the job offer they where dangling.

17. 8 It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.

18. It looks like you've got weights dangling from your dangler .

19. 10 The seamstress cut off the dangling strands of thread.

20. One surfaces nearby with several small fishes dangling from its beak.

21. It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.

22. Gazzer, with the keys dangling from his hand, leading Madge away.

23. DAY 752 - captors continue to taunt me with bizarre dangling objects.

24. The old man had a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth .

25. No wonder we're dangling at the bottom of the food chain.