DANGLING MODIFIER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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”
   Synonym(s)
   • misplaced modifier (what does misplaced modifier mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dangling modifier is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • modifier (what does modifier mean?)
   • qualifier (what does qualifier mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dangling participle (what does dangling participle mean?)