Question

Which of the following sentences does have a nominative absolute? Hint: The nominative absolute can be positioned either at the beginning or end of the main clause. The game now being over, the contestants quietly filed out of the room. As the game was now over, the contestants quietly filed out of the room. The town held a festival because the harvest had been so large.

Answer 1

Answer:

The sentence that has a nominative absolute is "The game now being over, the contestants quietly filed out of the room. "

Explanation:

A nominative absolute is a noun phrase that could either begin or end the sentence, this is totally independent and has no grammatical connection with the other parts of the sentence and commonly contains a participle or a participial phrase, "being over" is a participial phrase that is located at the beginning of the sentence and works as a nominative absolute.