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Identifying the Absolute Phrase

Identifying the Absolute Phrase. On the next slide are four sentences written by professional writers. 1. She returned to her bench. 2. The boy watched. 3. About the bones, ants were ebbing away. 4. Six boys came over the hill half an hour early that afternoon, running hard.

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Absolute Phrase

Absolute Phrase. Absolute Phrase Absolutes are sentence parts that describe the rest of the sentence in which they appear. Absolutes are almost complete sentences. As a test, you can make any absolute a sentence by adding was or were.

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Absolute Phrases

Absolute Phrases. Mrs. Henson English III AP * Adapted from Sentence Composing for High School Students by Don Killgallon. Overview. Absolute phrases are ALMOST complete sentences. Absolutes describe the rest of the sentence.

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