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FatimaSaboor123 Posted 9 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Absolute Phrase

Absolute Phrase= Noun + Modifier (Most often 'Participles')

He looked at the trophy, proud of his victory.

(The underlined phrase is an absolute phrase.)

proud (adjective), of his victory (prepositional phrase??)


Can an absolute phrase have an adjective and prepositional phrase combination? (only if it is a prepositional phrase)

I do not understand the construction of this sentence.

PS. I have an English quiz tomorrow. Please give me some short-cuts to identify absolute phrases.

  

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Your example is not an absolute. An absolute construction is not a phrase*, but a clause that has a subject and a non-finite verb phrase. Here are some examples: Her face contorted with pain , she screamed for help .

— BillJ

  • Your example is not an absolute.
  • An absolute construction is not a phrase*, but a clause that has a subject and a non-finite verb phrase.
  • Here are some examples: Her face contorted with pain , she screamed for help .
  • This done , Ed walked off without another word .
  • All things considered , it's not a bad idea * Some people do insist on calling them phrases, but that makes little sense since an absolute construction must contain a subject and verb -- the two essential elements of clause, not phrase, structure.
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Your example is not an absolute.

An absolute construction is not a phrase*, but a clause that has a subject and a non-finite verb phrase. Here are some examples:

Her face contorted with pain, she screamed for help.

This done, Ed walked off without another word.

All things considered, it's not a bad idea


* Some people

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An absolute phrase is a sentence modifier. If you take it away, the sentence is still grammatical.

FatimaSaboor123He looked at the trophy, proud of his victory.

The head word of an absolute phrase is usually a noun and it usually contains a non-finite verb. The phrase you underlined is an adjective phrase which normally should be first

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