0
Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Arising

Welcome to the US Petabox://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/001.html

No other business arising, the meeting was adjourned.
Is "no other business arising"(an absolute nominative) modifying the noun "meeting " or a whole main clause and thus acting as an adverb?
  

Top answer

Jigneshbharati Is "no other business arising"(an absolute nominative) modifying the noun "meeting " No. A modifier helps us understand more exactly what something is. You can have the boring meeting .

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati Is "no other business arising"(an absolute nominative) modifying the noun "meeting " No.
  • A modifier helps us understand more exactly what something is.
  • You can have the boring meeting .
  • Then boring helps us to know more about which meeting we're talking about.
  • But we can't say that the meeting was a no-other-business-arising meeting.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

1 Answers
0
JigneshbharatiIs "no other business arising"(an absolute nominative) modifying the noun "meeting "

No. A modifier helps us understand more exactly what something is.

You can have the boring meeting. Then boring helps us to know more about which meeting we're talking about. But we can't say that the meeting was a no-other-business-a

0

Related Questions