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**** but one that uses a verb (sung), thus making it a "participial phrase" | **** but one that uses a verb (sung), thus making it a "participial phrase" | ||
* note: participial phrases are often the source of "dangling modifiers", which are adjectives or adjective phrases that are not clear as to what they are modifying | * note: participial phrases are often the source of "dangling modifiers", which are adjectives or adjective phrases that are not clear as to what they are modifying | ||
** ex.: " | ** ex.: "Smiling grandly, she won the choral competition" | ||
*** = unclear if she won the competition | *** = unclear if she won the competition ''because'' she was "smiling grandly" or if she was "smiling grandly" ''when'' she won the tournament | ||
* see [[https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/dangling_modifiers_and_how_to_correct_them.htm dangling modifiers (owl.purdue.edu)]] | * see [[https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/dangling_modifiers_and_how_to_correct_them.htm dangling modifiers (owl.purdue.edu)]] | ||