Gazing up into the darkness i saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity. define derided in this sentence

type of error:

the error in the sentence is a "dangling modifier". a dangling modifier is a phrase, word or clause that "dangles" because there is not target to modify. in this case, "after mopping the floor" is the dangling modifier since it has no word to modify. the noun "house" cannot mop the floor; therefore there is a mistake in the writing of the sentence.

whether dad arrives in time for the game depends on his conference. subject