-An absolute phrase is a modifier (quite often a participle), or a modifier and a few other words, that attaches to a sentence or a noun, with no conjunction. An absolute phrase cannot contain a finite verb.

-Absolute phrases usually consist of a noun and a modifier that modifies this noun, NOT another noun in the sentence.

-Absolute phrases are optional in sentences, i.e., they can be removed without damaging the grammatical integrity of the sentence. Since absolute phrases are optional in the sentence, they are often set off from the sentence with commas or, less often, with dashes. We normally explain absolute phrases by saying that they modify entire sentences, rather than one word. This is an important concept, since many similar phrases that we work with modify other words. For example, adjectives modify nouns, and adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. That said, however, in some cases, it seems to make more sense to say that absolute phrases modify nouns. We will look at some of these examples .

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Most adjectives can go in two main places in a sentence: in attributive position and predicative position.

In attributive position, an adjective comes before the noun it modifies.

• She is a nice girl.
• She married a rich businessman.

In predicative position, an adjective goes after the verb.

• She is nice.
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HARDLY / SCARCELY / BARELY ... WHEN
NO SOONER ... THAN

When a story is told in the past tense, the adverbials hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are often used to emphasise that one event quickly followed another. The verb describing the earlier event is usually in the past perfect tense. If hardly, scarcely, barely and no sooner are in the initial position, the subject and auxiliary are inverted:

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Another can mean 'one more of the same kind'. It is used with singularcountable nouns.

• We need another person to finish the work. (= We need one more person to finish the work.)
• He has bought another car.
• Could I have another cup of coffee?

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