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dangling participle

noun 5 syllables 19 letters Scrabble 27 WWF 36
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noun

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'

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