dangler
/ˈdæŋɡlər/
noun
- A person or thing that hangs or swings loosely.
- The cat played with the dangler on the toy string.
- The mobile had colorful danglers that spun in the breeze.
- A dangler from the ceiling fan caught her eye.
- A grammatical error in which a modifier is not clearly attached to the word it is meant to modify (dangling modifier).
- The teacher pointed out the dangler in the student's sentence.
- He fixed the dangler by moving the phrase closer to the subject.
- Writers should avoid danglers to keep their meaning clear.