​EXAMPLE

I smelled the delicious dinner coming down the stairs.​

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NOTE: It looks like the dinner is coming down the stairs. 😄​

CORRECTED: Coming down the stairs, I smelled the delicious dinner.​

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​EXAMPLE

Drinking water from the pond, Miranda saw the abandoned puppy.​

NOTE: It looks like Miranda is drinking water from the pond. 😃

CORRECTED: Miranda saw the abandoned puppy drinking water from the pond

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What is a dangling modifier?​

​A word(s) with nothing to modify.

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Subject | Subject

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​EXAMPLE

While eating dinner, the lights went out.

​NOTE: Who's eating dinner?

CORRECTED: While eating dinner, ​Bill was surprised when the lights went out.

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​EXAMPLE

Sitting on the porch, a mosquito bit me.

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NOTE: Who's sitting on the porch?

CORRECTED: Sitting on the porch, I was bitten by a mosquito.

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