Now that I have your attention, I’d like to talk about dangling participles. This most famous of danglers is must-know stuff for any self-respecting smarty-pants. Not because the concept will help ...

READING THIS sentence, it may occur to you that something is slightly awry with it. Or you may not notice anything wrong at all. The first three words are a “dangling modifier”. This writing fault has ...

I have been traveling lately, and my word preoccupation rarely takes a vacation. I am not saying this is normal. The "when flashing" part of this sign is called a dangling participle. The dangling ...

Danglers come in many forms. (From a notice found in a hotel room in Los Angeles: "As one of our valued guests, we are excited to invite you to one of a kind ‘La Nuit.’ ”) What are they dangling from?