1. 一見したところ意図していない単語を修飾する語または句で、文中の置かれる位置のために生じる:たとえば、『when young, circuses appeal to all of us』の『when young』(a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us')