Editing Dangling modifier (section)

===Absolute constructions===
Dangling participles are similar to clauses in [[absolute construction]]s, but absolute constructions are considered uncontroversial and grammatical. The difference is that a participle phrase in an absolute construction is not semantically attached to any single element in the sentence.<ref name="AHBEU">{{cite book |title=The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English |year=1996 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=0-395-76785-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/americanheritage00edi_4cp/page/1 1] |url=https://archive.org/details/americanheritage00edi_4cp/page/1 }}</ref> A participle phrase is intended to modify a particular noun or pronoun, but in a dangling participle, it is instead erroneously attached to a different noun or to nothing; whereas in an absolute clause, is not intended to modify any noun at all, and thus modifying nothing is the intended use. An example of an absolute construction is:
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The weather being beautiful, we plan to go to the beach today.
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