(n.) One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.
Example Sentences:
(1) Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly.
(2) Danglers are extremely common, not just in deadline-pressured journalism but in the works of distinguished authors.
(3) A thoughtlessly placed dangler can confuse the reader or slow them down, and occasionally it can lure them into a ludicrous interpretation.
(4) Inserting "we find" or "we see" into the main clause to avoid a dangler can make the sentence stuffy and self-conscious.
(5) (Did you notice the dangler in the sentence before last?)
(6) But some so-called danglers are perfectly acceptable.
Mangler
Definition:
(n.) One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.
(n.) One who smooths with a mangle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Also, it's the novel where The Mangler comes to life (from the story of the same name, published in Night Shift ).
(2) Arca’s generation of Ableton-manglers begin their careers making hybrid R&B, hip-hop and electronic music in their bedrooms.
(3) Tomorrow, Prescott will travel to the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, where he will receive an honour that runs against his UK reputation as a mangler of language. "