Appostive noun phrases.

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Just to clarify, would these be examples of appositive noun phrases too.

1.The company has added support for file share, a plugin that lets users stream contents directly inside their browser.

2. Not just the conclusion of its story but what it represents, the ice cold reality of a cruel world.

3. The group unite forces to start a rebellion against the tyrant leader of the gang, initiating a war for the freedom of the communities.

In contrast, this resource discusses noun phrases with examples, but they are embedded within the whole sentence, with only the absolute phrase examples being separated by a 'comma' from the rest of the main sentence. I understand they're functioning in different capacities altogether, but it would seem the online resources overlook the above usage. I can't find anything, anyway.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/phrase.htm

Rather than modifying a specific word, an absolute phrase will describe the whole clause:

Francine played the difficult concerto, her fingers flying over the piano keys.

We watched Leo launch a pass to his fullback, our eyes following the arc of the ball.

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panda blue 483Just to clarify, would these be examples of appositive noun phrases too.

Too? You've just started the post. No examples of appositives have yet been mentioned!

panda blue 4831.The company has added support for file share, a plugin that lets users stream contents directly inside their browser.
2. Not just the conclusion of its story but what it represents, the ice cold reality of a cruel world.

Both of these contain appositives.

panda blue 4833. The group unite forces to start a rebellion against the tyrant leader of the gang, initiating a war for the freedom of the communities.

This one does not contain an appositive. It has a participle clause (some people say participle phrase).

Contrary to what your link says, these clauses are not always, nor even usually, adjectival. They are typically secondary predications of the subject of the main clause. So the implicit subject of 'initiating a war ...' is 'the group'.

The rhetorical relationship is "thereby" or "thus".

The group unite forces ... rebellion ..., [thereby / thus], (the group) initiates a war for ....

panda blue 483Rather than modifying a specific word, an absolute phrase will describe the whole clause

A participle clause is not really a modifier. As discussed above, it provides a second predicate for the subject.

An absolute clause (phrase) is simply a participle clause with its own subject. It doesn't take its subject implicitly from the subject of the main clause as ordinary participle clauses do.

CJ

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