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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

One sentence--phrase type. Grammar

The movie had a happy yet sad ending, happy in that the bad guy got what was coming to him, sad in that the good guy lost his one true love.

Is there a name for this phrase (absolute phrase)? Or a name for this technique (some time of repetition)?

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The villains got their comeuppance and the heroes got their loves. This can do. Yet it is typical happy and not exactly the one you pointed.

— Fandorin

  • The villains got their comeuppance and the heroes got their loves.
  • This can do.
  • Yet it is typical happy and not exactly the one you pointed.
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The villains got their comeuppance and the heroes got their loves. This can do. Yet it is typical happy and not exactly the one you pointed.
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FandorinThe villains got their comeuppance and the heroes got their loves. This can do. Yet it is typical happy and not exactly the one you pointed.

I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand what you are saying in relation to the question.
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I suppose there is no such a phrase.
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I can't find much about these. Quirk et al calls them 'verbless supplementive adjective clauses' (sec. 15.61). I don't think the repetition (happy, sad, happy, sad) makes the structure different.
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