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What is the dangling modifier in this sentence. While watching the parade,a large helium balloon hit the lampposted.

What is the dangling modifier in this sentence. While watching the parade,a large helium balloon hit the lampposted.
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what is the dangling modifier in this sentence. While watching the parade,a large helium balloon hit the lampposted.

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"While watching the parade" is a dangling modifier because we cannot assume that the balloon is watching the parade. The modifier points to nothing in the sentence...it dangles.
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