# ai-style/participial-appendage

Trailing “-ing” clause that editorialises the main clause.

- Default level: `info`
- Confidence: `low`
- Evidence source: Dependency graph
- Category: Inflated significance

Matches grammatical relationships between words, not only their order or part of speech.

[Rule page](https://slopsift.dev/rules/participial-appendage/)
[Source](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/blob/main/packages/rulepack-ai-style/src/rules/participial-appendage.ts)
[Report a false positive or missed finding](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/issues/new?template=false-positive.yml&title=rule%3A%20ai-style%2Fparticipial-appendage)