I have lots of trouble dangling modifiers. I never knew what they were but i have seen that in a lot of my papers this is what I get marked for. In my papers I always have sentences that are not complete that are just "dangling" there like the phrase suggests.
A dangling modifiers is a word or phrase for which the logical headword cannot be found within the sentence.
Ex:
After reading the chapter, the author seemed to have a sound argument.
Many useful techniques are learned attending this seminar.
Correct Way:
"After reading the chapter, I believed that the author had a sound argument."
"Attending this seminar, you will learn many useful techniques."
For further explanation for the reason of the use of dangling modifiers use this website:
http://www.geocities.com/athens/aegean/6354/grammar.html#Modifiers
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