Dangling Participles Remember that a participle is a verbal that acts as an adjective in the sentence. Participles can be present participles, ending in -ing, or past participles, ending in -ed or -en. Because participles are adjectives, the modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence. A participle that is in the sentence but that does not modify a noun or pronoun in the sentence is called a dangling participle.
Thief River Falls, also called Thief River or TRF, is a city in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 8,573 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat.
Whiskey thief. A whiskey thief is a tool that master distillers use to extract small portions of whiskey from an aging barrel for sampling or quality control. The old-fashioned ones are made typically of copper and resemble a drinking straw in design.