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    MISPLACED MODIFIER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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'play

    Synonyms:

    dangling modifier; misplaced modifier

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("misplaced modifier" is a kind of...):

    modifier; qualifier (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misplaced modifier"):

    dangling participle (a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., 'flying across the country' in 'flying across the country the Rockies came into view')

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