As Robert Peyser of Brookline, Mass ., writes, " Might you not agree that the participial phrase beginning with the words ` Standing here'ought to modify ` I'?"
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In the example, the participial phrase, literally " the one going to be a good general, " is used to embed the idea " he will be a good general " within the main verb.
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The difference is that the participial phrase of a dangling participle is intended to modify a particular noun, but is instead erroneously attached to a different noun, whereas a participial phrase serving as an absolute clause is not intended to modify any noun at all.
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The difference is that the participial phrase of a dangling participle is intended to modify a particular noun, but is instead erroneously attached to a different noun, whereas a participial phrase serving as an absolute clause is not intended to modify any noun at all.
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:: " Born on May 26 " is a ( past ) participial phrase, not a genitive absolute . " Non sequitur " is usually used of logical arguments, not parts of a sentence . talk ) 06 : 08, 24 July 2012 ( UTC)
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In the latter case of a formula beginning with the first person, the valediction is often enhanced with a participial phrase concluding the sense of the letter ( since traditionally it is not considered appropriate to begin a paragraph with the first person singular " je " in a letter ):
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We turn now to John Lawler in the linguistics department of the University of Michigan : " That said is an abbreviated form of the absolutive participial phrase ` ( With ) that ( having been ) said . "'( You were wondering where I got that " absolutive participial " from?
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An adverbial participle ( or a participial phrase / clause based on such a participle ) plays the role of an adverbial ( adverb phrase ) in the sentence in which it appears, whereas an adjectival participle ( or a participial phrase / clause based on one ) plays the role of an adjective phrase.
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An adverbial participle ( or a participial phrase / clause based on such a participle ) plays the role of an adverbial ( adverb phrase ) in the sentence in which it appears, whereas an adjectival participle ( or a participial phrase / clause based on one ) plays the role of an adjective phrase.