verbless clause

Hi Teo. Where is the verbless clause?

Hi Davkett!

If I'm not mistaken, the "verbless clause" Teo is making reference to must be the phrase after the comma, i.e. "eager to display my talent". Sometimes, in "verbless constructions" the delition of the verb is marked by the addition of a comma, such as the one before ", eager to display my talent". However, I'm not sure whether we could consider this a clause. I'd rather say it

The same person who thought up the food is the same person who was eager to display talent.

So, I don't see any missing verbs in the sentence, whether we call the grammatical sections clauses or something else.

Perhaps, the sentence reads more easily this way: Eager to display my talent, I confidently thought up three dish

There you got it Davkett! I think that's Teo's point. When you expand the sentence and uncover its deep structure, you add the verb "to be", which, I suppose, is the one Teo may have been thinking of when he posed his question. It doesn't matter whether the two verbs share the subject or not. Besides, the ellipsis would be of the verb "to be" before "eager to" and doesn't have to do with the phras

What I would like to know is in what situation I can omit the participle 'being'?

1. Eager to display my talent, I confidently thought three dishes and one soup.

2. Being eager to display my talent, I confidently thought three dishes and one soup.

3. Unable to help in any other way, I gave he

Hi guys,

All these seem acceptable to me.

My thought is this: couldn't you just call these constructions 'adjectival phrases'? It's like saying 'Weary, he went to bed'.

Best wishes, Clive

Hi, Teo.

I agree with Clive. They are all acceptable.

What is the grammatical term for the fronted 'clause'? I think this was once discussed here on this forum and I remember there was some controversy over the appellation of it. Some called it an 'adjectival clause,' and others referred to it as an 'adverbial clause.' I personally prefer the former, as the clause describes the

1. Finite clause: I confidently thought up three dishes and one soup, as I was eager to display my talent.

2. Non-finite clause: I confidently thought up three dishes and one soup, being eager to display my talent.

I'm unsure when this question was posted, but I'll answer nonetheless.

This phrase is simply an adjective phrase, modifying the subject.

It is called an adjective plus modifer phrase, and it is commonly used in the terminal position:

I walked home, worried that I would be told off.