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PHRASES
Absolute Phrase:
 Definition
 Function
 For example
 Conclusion
Prepositional Phrase:
 Definition
 Function
 For example
 Conclusion
The definition of the Absolute Phrase
A noun followed by a participle may from
a construction grammatically independent
of the rest of the sentence. It’s never a
subject, nor does it modify any word in the
sentence, but it’s used absolutely and
independently.
<<Illustration>>
Noun (pronoun)+ [present/ past] participle
p.s.—Participle: A verb from that functions
as an adjective while retaining some of the
characteristics of a verb. We can call
verbal. Such as: shining light/ worm coat/
known danger…
The Function of the Absolute Phrase
1)
2)
Modify the
entire sentence.
Add information.
(Parenthetic
elements)
Examples
1.Modify the entire sentence.
* The boy is very handsome, I decided to
date him.
2.To leave out if the participle of an
absolute phrase is form of to be.
* The car [being] there, we are going to
wash it.
* The work [ Having been] done, we sat down
to rest.
3. Add a focusing detail or point of focus to
the idea of the main clause, and this kind of
absolute phrase can take the form of a
prepositional phrase, and adjective phrase,
or an noun phrase.
* The old firefighter stood over the smoking
ruins, his senses alert to any sign of
another flare-up.
* His subordinates, their face sweatstreaked and smudged with ash, leaned
heavily against the fire-truck.
* They knew all too well how all their hand
work could be undone in an instant.
4. Use absolute phrase to be the most
important element in the sentence.
*Walking along the river, I saw a little boy
rowing boat.
5. A noun phrase can also exists as an
absolute phrase.
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The man wounded in the fire was sent to
a hospital.
Conclusion
Absolute phrases contain a subject which
is often modified by participle, but not a
true finite verb.
References
1.Correcting Writing Text Book(p.61)
2.http://virtual.parkland.cc.il.us/jtorman/phrases
3.http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/phrasetor
mulas.htm
4.http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammer/phrases.html
5.http://englishplus.com/grammer/00000019.htm
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