Unlike generals and lieutenant generals, it doesnât take 20 years to become a major general. In fact, you could reach this rank in as little as two years. If this is the case, you can expect pay of $9,531 a month, or $114,372 a year, reports the U.S. Department of Defense.
verb (used without object), dangled, dangling. 1. to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze. 2. to hang around or follow a person, as if seeking favor or attention.
DANGLING MODIFIER: When we begin a sentence with a modifying word, phrase, or clause, we must make sure the next thing that comes along can, in fact, be modified by that modifier. When a modifier improperly modifies something, it is called a dangling modifier.. This often happens with beginning participial phrases, making dangling participles an all too common phenomenon. In the sentence below, we can't have a car changing its own oil.