Danglers in their various forms are one of our most common grammatical lapses. Participle phrases, “like” comparisons, appositives and other modifying constructions generally must be adjacent to the noun or pronoun they refer to. Otherwise, they dangle — and leave a clumsy or confusing sentence.

After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/danglers-ahead/