Search Result for "misplaced_modifier":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us';
[syn: dangling modifier, misplaced modifier]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

misplaced modifier
    n 1: a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word
         because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young'
         in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' [syn:
         dangling modifier, misplaced modifier]