06324086-n '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'';
 
Czech volné participium , absolutní participium
Chinese (simplified) 不 连结 分词 , 垂悬 分词 , 不连结分词 , 垂悬分词
English dangling participle
Definitions
English
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'
Japanese
明らかに意図された単語以外を修飾する分詞(普通、文の先頭にある):例えば、『flying across the country the Rockies came into view』の『flying across the country』
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Hypernym: dangling_modifier
Semantic Field: communicationn
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