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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Identifying a specific clause/phrase
What do you call a phrase with the following structure:
Limited as their time together was, they wanted to make the most of it.
The phrase begins with a past participle, but the 'as' makes me wonder if it is some sort of adverbial clause. Any ideas? Thanks!
Limited as their time together was, they wanted to make the most of it.
The phrase begins with a past participle, but the 'as' makes me wonder if it is some sort of adverbial clause. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Anonymous The phrase begins with a past participle, but the 'as' makes me wonder if it is some sort of adverbial clause. Any ideas? (As) limited as their time together was, they wanted to make the most of it.
- Anonymous The phrase begins with a past participle, but the 'as' makes me wonder if it is some sort of adverbial clause.
- Any ideas?
- (As) limited as their time together was, they wanted to make the most of it.
- It's an adverbial clause of comparison.
- The initial "as" is implicit.
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AnonymousThe phrase begins with a past participle, but the 'as' makes me wonder if it is some sort of adverbial clause. Any ideas?(As) limited as their time together was, they wanted to make the most of it.
It's an adverbial clause of comparison. The initial "as" is implicit. The idiom "limited as ... was" is the equivalent of "Although their time
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