Danglers are an extremely important language concept. Not so much for writers as for jokesters. Danglers in writing and speech don’t necessarily hurt the reader ...

This most famous of danglers is must-know stuff for any self-respecting smartypants. Not because the concept will help your writing all that much. Many people write just fine without the first clue ...

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 ...

I don’t remember many grammar lessons from junior high school, but for whatever reason, one sentence from the lesson about dangling and misplaced modifiers has stuck with me. Here’s the sentence: ...

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?