The Absolute Participle in Middle and Modern English

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Excerpt from The Absolute Participle in Middle and Modern English: DissertationDefinitions of the absolute participial clause are not want ing, but the most comprehensive one yet given is that of Callaway When to a substantive not the subject of a verb and dependent upon no other word in the sentence (noun, adjective, verb, or preposition) a participle is joined as its predicate, a clause is formed that modifies the verbal predi cate of the sentence and denotes an accompanying circum stance, as in The train having gone, I returned home.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.