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Avoid Dangling Modifiers

What is a participial phrase?

  • If the participial phrase is not describing the subject of the sentence, the result is a dangling modifier.
  • Dependent clauses at the beginning or end of a sentence
  • Has an action verb that relates back to the subject (the subject should be doing this action)
  • A phrase that acts as an adjective towards a noun

Example-

Filled with potholes, Diana drove down the road.

-The participial phrase describes the road when it's supposed to describe Diana, the subject.

Correct-

Thinking about her day, Diana drove down the road.

Example of a Participial Phrase

Participial Phrase describes the noun.

Trying not to laugh, I watched my dog play with her new toy.

Present Participial Phrase

Diagramming Participial Phrases

Passive

Participial

Phrases

  • Uses a verb that is present tense or continuous present tense (-ing)

Hurrying to school, Julie dropped her notebook.

Julie

notebook

dropped

her

Example-

Studying for the test all night, Terrence got hardly any sleep.

hurry

ing

to

school

By: Adrian Mendoza Carranza

Past Participial Phrase

Why do we use them?

  • Uses a verb that is simple or perfect past tense (-ed)
  • Participial phases add variety to syntax.
  • They allow writers to use verbs to describe subjects.
  • When used properly, participial phrases make sentences sound better and more intriguing.

Example-

Woken up early by his dog, Carlos was in a bad mood that day.

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