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The sentence Walking the wire, my dog waited for the squirrel to fall is an example of _____.

split infinitive
parallel structure
dangling participle
none of these

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Answer:

dangling participle

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User Mike Lunn
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The answer is dangling participle. The dog wasn't walking the wire, the squirrel was. It is modifying the wrong noun.
User Shehzad Bilal
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