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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
Hello!
I was reading news and the paragraph below confused me.
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Judge William Orrick in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against the Center for Medical Progress hours after the order was requested by the National Abortion Federation.
In his three-page order, Orrick said the federation would likely suffer irreparable injury absent a temporary restraining order "in the form of harassment, intimidation, violence, invasion of privacy, and injury to reputation."
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First paragraph is for better understanding the text.
My question is for second paragraph.
I am not sure how the word "absent" functions in this paragraph.
It seems to be used a verb but the verb root "suffer" is already used behind the auxiliary "would".
I think a preposition should be used here.
In that case, the sentence becomes "...would likely suffer irreparable injury FROM ABSENTING a temporary restraining order..."
So it is a typo or what?
Please help.
Thank you.
I was reading news and the paragraph below confused me.
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Judge William Orrick in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against the Center for Medical Progress hours after the order was requested by the National Abortion Federation.
In his three-page order, Orrick said the federation would likely suffer irreparable injury absent a temporary restraining order "in the form of harassment, intimidation, violence, invasion of privacy, and injury to reputation."
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First paragraph is for better understanding the text.
My question is for second paragraph.
I am not sure how the word "absent" functions in this paragraph.
It seems to be used a verb but the verb root "suffer" is already used behind the auxiliary "would".
I think a preposition should be used here.
In that case, the sentence becomes "...would likely suffer irreparable injury FROM ABSENTING a temporary restraining order..."
So it is a typo or what?
Please help.
Thank you.
Top answer
"absent" is a preposition in this case. It means "in the absence of" or "without". "from absenting" wouldn't make sense there.
- "absent" is a preposition in this case.
- It means "in the absence of" or "without".
- "from absenting" wouldn't make sense there.
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"absent" is a preposition in this case. It means "in the absence of" or "without".
"from absenting" wouldn't make sense there.
"from absenting" wouldn't make sense there.
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