a dangling participle
21misplaced modifier — Gram. a word, phrase, or clause that seems to refer to or modify an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence, as when young in When young, circuses appeal to all of us. Cf. dangling participle. Usage. Sometimes, as in the example… …
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23in|fin|i|tive — «ihn FIHN uh tihv», noun, adjective. Grammar. –n. a form of a verb not inflected for person or number and commonly preceded by to.Examples: Let him go. We want to go now. Abbr: inf. –adj. of the infinitive. ╂[< Late Latin īnfīnītīvus <… …
24Participial phrase — A participial phrase is a participle and its accompanying word or words. A participle phrase modifies a noun or a pronoun. It may contain a direct object and an adverb that modifies the participle. Below are some examples:# Sitting in his office …
25grammar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mode of speaking and writing Nouns 1. grammar; accidence, syntax, analysis, synopsis, praxis, punctuation, syllabi[fi]cation; agreement. See speech, language, writing. 2. a. part of speech; participle;… …
26dangle — [daŋ′gəl] vi. dangled, dangling [< Scand, as in Dan dangle, Ice dingla, to dangle] 1. to hang loosely so as to swing back and forth [a long tail dangled from the kite] 2. to be a hanger on; follow (after) 3. to lack clear syntactic connection… …
27misplaced modifier — noun 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 • Syn: ↑dangling modifier • Hypernyms: ↑modifier, ↑qualifier • Hyponyms: ↑dangling… …
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29Irish bull — An Irish bull is a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement, generally unrecognized as such by its author. Irish bull originated in this use because such expressions often fall between two different statements, as between the horns of …
30Jan Levinson — Office character box name = Jan Levinson caption = portrayer = Melora Hardin debut = Pilot departure = alias = Urkel Gru, Godzillary gender = Female age = Early 40s born = occupation = Chandler; former corporate manager spouse = Art Gould (ex… …
