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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Dangling Modifiers

Key Terms

dangling modifiers
descriptive words that open a sentence but do not describe what the writer intended them to describe. Ex.: While reading the newspaper, my dog sat with me on the steps. (The sentence literally states that the dog was reading the newspaper. The phrase should be altered so that the meaning is clear: While I was reading the newspaper, my dog sat with me on the steps.)










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