dangling modifier

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von dangling modifier im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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Englisch - Englisch

Definition von dangling modifier im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a word or clause that modifies another word or clause ambiguously, possibly causing confusion with regard to the speaker's intended meaning

Example: Being over two hundred years old, I had difficulty reading the document. - it is the document that is old, not the reader.

`when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'

A modifier without a headword-a word or phrase that it can modify

a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e

{i} word or sentence that modifies a word which is not stated in the sentence in a manner that is clear

An incorrect grammatical construction; a clause or phrase that modifies something incorrectly: While making a home run, the ball went over the fence (The ball did not make a home run; someone made a home run )

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'

Silbentrennung

dangling mo·di·fi·er