Phrases, of which five types were discussed altogether, were named by thirteen books, clauses by four, six types of clause being given, with one book showing all types of adverbial clause.
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:My friend, who is very good on these things says : " Noun absolutes are usually a noun and its gerund ( yes, we're never far from those ), used as a subordinating adverbial clause, which modifies the main clause thereby.
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In the above sentence, the participle " drawn " can be interpreted as an adverbial clause of time, namely " after he had drawn his sword ", and similarly " sleeping " can be interpreted as " when she was sleeping ".
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Most usage guides don't object to the kind of adverbial clause Johnny Mathis put to such memorable use : " Just because my composure sorta slips /-The moment that your lips meet mine /-Chances are you'll think my heart's your valentine ."
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:: I don't speak Finnish, but I imagine this arises from syntactic ambiguity : the fact that sometimes an adverbial clause can be interpreted as'modifying'several different parts of the sentence, other than just the one that was intended . contribs 20 : 02, 23 September 2009 ( UTC)
