Lorraine Forrest-Turner

The modifying clause

19 Aug / by: Lorraine

In the sentence “Rushing to catch the bus, Bob’s wallet fell out of his pocket” the modifying clause (rushing to catch the bus) contains the verb participle (rushing).

It is said to be dangling because the subject of the main clause (Bob’s wallet) is not the thing modified by the initial modifying clause. It was not Bob’s wallet that was rushing.

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