An absolute phrase?
A. He https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/end the https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/day £50 to the bad.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/to-the-bad
As for sentence A, is this part "£50 to the bad" grammatically an absolute phrase?
I found an example similar to A.
B. There he stood, his face to the south-east.
Here, "his face to the south-east" seems to be an absolute phrase like £50 to the bad".
Top answer
fire1 £50 to the bad ... his face to the south-east Absolute clauses typically contain a participle, so these are not central examples of the absolute construction. They represent a secondary type of absolute construction, which I prefer to call a small clause , as it is called by some grammarians.
- fire1 £50 to the bad ...
- his face to the south-east Absolute clauses typically contain a participle, so these are not central examples of the absolute construction.
- They represent a secondary type of absolute construction, which I prefer to call a small clause , as it is called by some grammarians.
- Small clauses begin with a noun and usually add a prepositional phrase, an adjective, or an adverb.
- Most often a form of the linking verb be is implied between these two components.
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fire1£50 to the bad ... his face to the south-east
Absolute clauses typically contain a participle, so these are not central examples of the absolute construction.
They represent a secondary type of absolute construction, which I prefer to call a small clause, as it is called by some grammarians. Small clau
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