Questions tagged [absolute-constructions]
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Examples of absolute phrases with adverbs instead of participles
I'm looking for examples / explanation of absolute phrases with adverbs instead of participles.
What about the following:
She walked into the room, gracefully.
Is the adverb, gracefully, an absolute phrase
An absolute phrase is a modifier (quite…
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Would We Consider These Adjuncts to Be Verbless Clauses?
I've finished reading The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language's small section on verbless clauses (pages 1266–1268), and I want to ask whether certain supplements are considered verbless clauses.
Before that, let's establish what a verbless…
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Which types of clause can be defined as absolute clause?
I scooped her up. Her belly fit snugly
into my palm ; a low continual grunting pulsed through her body .
These sentences have been recited from the following…
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Is "needless to say" an absolute phrase?
Would the phrase "needless to say" be an absolute phrase (adverbial phrase that modifies the entire clause after it)?
"Needless to say, I was super happy."
Tim
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