Last week's column described the nominative absolute or absolute clause—to avoid confusion we will call it the absolute phrase—asa major departure from the usual modifying phrases in that it doesn't ...
The 2nd Amendment is contextualized entirely by its introductory phrase: “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State.” Grammatically, this is a nominative absolute — a ...
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