gosh, I'd not heard that one before. so I LIU and here's what Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English Usage has to say:

An ambiguous modifier (usually an adverb) that appears to qualify the words both before and after it.

A squinting modifier can usually be corrected by changing its position in the sentence.

so, "speakers who pause briefly refocus their listeners."

Last edited by tsuwm; 01/28/11 02:18 AM.