dangling participle
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/ˌdæŋ.ɡlɪŋ pɑːˈtɪ.sɪ.pəl/us/ˌdæŋ.ɡlɪŋ ˈpɑːr.tɪ.sɪ.pəl/aparticiple(= "-ing" or "-ed"formof averb)intendedtomodify(= refer to ordescribe)anounthat is not in thetext, so itseemstomodifyanothernoun:
垂悬分词(意在修饰的名词没有出现的分词)In thesentence"Arrivinghome, thedoorwasopen", thedanglingparticiplemakes itsoundas though thedoorhasarrivedhome.在“Arriving home, the door was open”这个句子中,悬垂分词(arriving)使得这个句子听起来好像是说门已经到家了。
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable
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