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Absolute construction (nominative absolute)

Structure:

noun + participle, + main clause / noun + past participle, + main clause

The participle clause has its own subject, different from the main clause subject. Literary and formal.

Example:

The weather being fine, we decided to eat outside.

Examples

The weather being fine, we decided to eat outside.

Question 1 of 20 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "The weather being fine, we decided to eat outside."

Absolute construction: All things considered

Absolute construction: The matter having been settled

Advanced affixation: noun and adjective suffixes

Advanced affixation: productive prefixes

Advanced conjunctions: insofar as / inasmuch as / lest