Dangling Participles

Participle must match the subject.

Examples

• Wrong: Walking home, the rain started.

Key rules

• A dangling participle has no matching subject
• The subject of the main clause must do the action
• Fix by changing the main clause or the participle phrase
• Common after -ing at the start

Common mistakes

• Walking down the street, the trees were beautiful → Walking down the street, I saw beautiful trees
• Having finished, the door was shut → Having finished, she shut the door