Absolute Phrase.
Absolute phrase modifies a noun.
What noun does it modify here?
Her arms folded across her chest, Professor Hill warned the class about the penalties for plagiarism.
( The underlined phrase is an absolute phrase. Does it modify 'her arms' or 'Professor Hill?)
Absolute Phrase = Noun + Modifier
Does it modify the noun present in it like 'her arms' (noun which is part of the phrase itself) or the noun which is not the part of the phrase like 'Professor Hill? Or does it modify both?
Top answer
FatimaSaboor123 Absolute phrase modifies a noun. No, grammatically speaking, there is no syntactic link between an absolute clause and the main clause. This is the main difference between the absolute construction and other constructions that have the main clause as anchor and function as supplement .
- FatimaSaboor123 Absolute phrase modifies a noun.
- No, grammatically speaking, there is no syntactic link between an absolute clause and the main clause.
- This is the main difference between the absolute construction and other constructions that have the main clause as anchor and function as supplement .
- FatimaSaboor123 Her arms folded across her chest, Professor Hill warned the class about the penalties for plagiarism.
- Semantically speaking, the absolute clause here explains how Prof.
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FatimaSaboor123Absolute phrase modifies a noun.
No, grammatically speaking, there is no syntactic link between an absolute clause and the main clause. This is the main difference between the absolute construction and other constructions that have the main clause as anchor and function as supplement.
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