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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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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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