nominative absolute

nominative absolute
noun also nominative independent
: a construction in English consisting of a noun in the common case or a pronoun in the nominative case joined wih a predicate that does not include a finite verb and functioning usually as a sentence modifier but also sometimes capable of being construed as the modifier of a particular word in the sentence (as her head erect in “she walked along, her head erect” or he being absent in “he being absent, no business was transacted”)

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Gram.
a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience left the theater.
[1835-45; by analogy with ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE]

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nominative absolute noun (grammar)
A nominative combined with a participle, but not connected with a finite verb or governed by any other word
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Main Entry: ↑nominate

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nominative absolute,
Grammar. a construction consisting of a substantive and its modifier (usually a participle) and not grammatically related to any other element in the sentence. Example: The day being warm, we took off our coats (The day being warm is a nominative absolute).

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