There are actually a number of causes for dangling modifiers: some are dangling participles, dangling gerunds, dangling infinitives, and misplaced modifiers. In all cases, they result in sentences that are unintentionally funny. My favorites are: I heard it was going to rain on the radio. (Misplaced: "on the radio" should be next to "heard" unless you have a radio with a big rain cloud over it.) Sandy was walking her dog in a really short skirt. (Misplaced: this sentence seems to say the dog was wearing a really short skirt, rather than Sandy.) Having broken its leg, we took the dog to the hospital. (Dangling gerund-- did WE break the dog's leg?) A clean coffee pot is necessary to enjoy a good cup of coffee. (Dangling infinitive-- where's the subject in this sentence? Who is drinking the coffee-- the coffee pot?)
dangling modifier
It is what a gerund is not
No it is not a gerund.
The correct spelling is 'dangling' (hanging).
The climber was left dangling for his life on the edge of the cliff.She did not like the way the bracelet was dangling when she drove.Somehow, there is a sock dangling from the tree.
Not really. "When they are fresh" is really a misplaced modifier, since it describes the oranges rather than describing "eating," which is present participle (functioning as a gerund) that is acting as the subject of the sentence. If it were a dangling modifier, it wouldn't modify anything in the sentence.
The antonym of "dangling" could be "secure" or "fixed."
There are actually a number of causes for dangling modifiers: some are dangling participles, dangling gerunds, dangling infinitives, and misplaced modifiers. In all cases, they result in sentences that are unintentionally funny. My favorites are: I heard it was going to rain on the radio. (Misplaced: "on the radio" should be next to "heard" unless you have a radio with a big rain cloud over it.) Sandy was walking her dog in a really short skirt. (Misplaced: this sentence seems to say the dog was wearing a really short skirt, rather than Sandy.) Having broken its leg, we took the dog to the hospital. (Dangling gerund-- did WE break the dog's leg?) A clean coffee pot is necessary to enjoy a good cup of coffee. (Dangling infinitive-- where's the subject in this sentence? Who is drinking the coffee-- the coffee pot?)
The antonym for dangle is dangling
The man was dangling from the bridge for his life
Dangling Man was created in 1944.
There is A dangling sentence
Dangling earlobe is dominant.
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The Dangling Conversation - 2004 was released on: USA: 25 May 2004