Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dangling participle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
dan-gling -par-tici-ple
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any participle used as a dangling modifier.

Inflected Forms

dangling participles (plural)

Questions

What does dangling participle mean?
Any participle used as a dangling modifier.

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