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[Grammar] Dangling Modifiers?

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S-swag

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Hello,
There's a sentence,
"Determined never to come back before he could make a big fortune,he left home without saying a word."
and I want to know whether it uses Dangling Modifiers or not.
Could you answer my question and tell me the reason?
Thank you so much!
 
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Rover_KE

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Welcome to the forum, S-swag.

Hello.

In this sentence:

"Determined never to come back before he could make a big fortune,​[space here] he left home without saying a word",

[STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] I want to know whether it uses a dangling modifier or not.

Could you answer my question and tell me the reason?

Thank you so much!
'Determined' is not a dangling modifier because its referent is the actual subject of the sentence: 'he'.

Click here for examples of dangling modifiers.
 
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