Dangling modifier

Question

To speak foul language or not, it is your call. (Ref: 《評論》Make sense of a phrase, 補充)

Is the above sentence a case of "dangling modifier"?

Wiki's definition of a dangling modifier:
A dangling modifier is an ambiguous grammatical construct whereby a grammatical modifier could be misinterpreted as being associated with a word other than the one intended, or with no particular word at all.
Example:
Walking down Main Street, the trees were beautiful.
(Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling_modifier)

TOMING88 · Accepted Answer

Misrelated Participle is another argument which we'll discuss.
For "Dangling modifier"we've
To speak foul language or not, it is your "morality judgment HK."
=present participle phrase------(main clause).

? · Answer

I don't think there are any dangling modifiers here, just left dislocation.

To speak foul language or not, it is your call.
To speak foul language or not is your call.

Also, I don't think 'speak' collocates with 'foul language'. 'Use' might be better.

2012-10-22 23:52:47 補充：
Never mind, just saw you had a 評論 on that. I'll read that.

匿名 · Answer

TOMING88的評價內容自欺欺人吧！

? · Answer

Exactly it is! Though "dangling" should be grammatically incorrect, still It can be used  as such situations...(see here "Dangling Participles")

The infinitives are used to be "dangling modifier" as usually as participles...(see here (3))

Dangling modifier

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