A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that is positioned in a sentence in such a way that it does not clearly modify the intended subject. This often results in confusion or ambiguity in the sentence's meaning. Dangling modifiers can occur when the subject being modified is not explicitly stated, or when the modifier is separated from the subject it is supposed to modify. For example, "Running down the street, the pizza delivery man was almost hit by a car." In this sentence, the modifier "Running down the street" is intended to modify "pizza delivery man," but it is placed next to "the street" instead, creating a dangling modifier.
