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Panda blue 483 Posted 7 years ago
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Type of usage.

his face clearly revealing his disappointment.So an absolute has the components of a clause and a subject hence it's separate? It has a non-finite verb but with no subject doing the verb as oppossed to: His face clearly revealed his disappointment (complete sentence)
  

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I can see that one is clearly a phrase and the other a non-finite subordinate clause. They function in a similar way to a supplemental noun phrase though.

  • I can see that one is clearly a phrase and the other a non-finite subordinate clause.
  • They function in a similar way to a supplemental noun phrase though.
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I can see that one is clearly a phrase and the other a non-finite subordinate clause. They function in a similar way to a supplemental noun phrase though.

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