A dangling participle phrase

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After Timothy J. Mc Veigh was convicted of bombing of federal office building in OKlahoma City, causing the deaths of 168 people, reporters swarmed to Mc Veigh's hometown of Pendleton, New York.

I think when the subject of a participle phrase?here, bombing of federal office building?differs from the subject of the main clause?here, reporters, we call the participle phrase "dangling participle phrase"
I'd like to know whether when the subject of a participle phrase is the former clause, the participle phrase is a dangling participle phrase or not.
Thank you in advance for your help.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

park sang joonI think when the subject of a participle phrase?here, bombing of federal office building?differs from the subject of the main clause?here, reporters, we call the participle phrase "dangling participle phrase"

That is not true.

A dangling modifier is a misplaced modifier.
In the sentence you posted, the phrase is not misplaced. It is closest to the noun phrase that it modifies. If you change the reduced clause to a full clause, this becomes clearer.

After Timothy J. Mc Veigh was convicted of bombing of federal office building in Oklahoma City, which caused the deaths of 168 people, reporters swarmed to Mc Veigh's hometown of Pendleton, New York.

Here are examples of misplaced modifiers:

Barking furiously, Tom tried to control his angry dog.
I smelled the oysters coming down the stairs for dinner.
I saw an accident walking down the street.

Clive · Answer

A small further comment.

After Timothy J. Mc Veigh was convicted of bombing of federal office building in Oklahoma City . . .
This is incorrect grammar.
Say eg
After Timothy J. Mc Veigh was convicted of the bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City . . .

Clive

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