# Is this a dangling modifier? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-dangling-modifier/732997 "2015-09-30T00:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-dangling-modifier/732997/1 "2015-09-30T00:06:40Z")
I was fast approaching fly-swatting mastery and was awaiting the knock on my door from a kneeling neophyte seeking a sensei to pass down his knowledge Is “to passdown his knowledge” a dangling modifier because it modifies the neophyte or is it correct as it stands? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-dangling-modifier/732997/2 "2015-09-30T01:08:52Z")
Dangling modifier? No. With a dangling modifier, there is no word which relates to that modifier. You point out that there are two. There is also the misplaced modifier, though, which is where the modifier is placed some distance away form the word it’s describing (happens a lot with “only”), but this is not the case here because it’s the sensei who’s passing down knowledge and not the neophyte. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-dangling-modifier/732997/3 "2015-09-30T02:09:53Z")
gotcha thanks