Difference between Absolute and Participial phrases!

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Hello.I'm asking for some differences between those two types of phrases because they seem to me almost similar in any possible way, they both contain a participial and other words!Thank you.

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Absolute clauses are adverbial clauses that contain their own subject, They may contain a parotciple, or they men contain no verb at all

1. The stables clean, John went in for dinner.
2. The stables cleaned, John went in for dinner.
3. The stables having been cleaned, John went in for dinner.
4. Having cleaned the stables, John went in for dinner.
5.The stables gleaming. John went in for dinner.
6, Having been called, John went in for dinner.
7. Smiling happily, John went in to dinner.

1. Absolute clause, no verb
2, Absolute clause with a past participle, so also a participle clause.
3. Absolute clause with a present (perfect) participle, so also a participle clause.
4. Participle clause in which the subject of the participle is the same as that of the main clause, so not absolute.
5. Absolute cause with a present participle, so also a participle clause.
6. Participle clause in which the subject of the participle is the same as that of the main clause, so not absolute.
7. Participle clause in which the subject of the participle is the same as that of the main clause, so not absolute.

Difference between Absolute and Participial phrases!

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