| dangling participle |
| Definition: A participle that modifies a missing subject. |
| Example:
Arriving at the football game, the sun came out.
In the above, the participle arriving seems to be modifying the word sun. |
| Usage:
1. Clarify the sentence's meaning by inserting the missing subject. Arriving at the football game, the sun came out. (bad) When we arrived at the football game, the sun came out. (good) |