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emmainna [20.7K]
3 years ago
10

Choose the grammatically correct use of an absolute phrase from the following sentences.

English
1 answer:
andreyandreev [35.5K]3 years ago
4 0
Since an absolute phrase modifies a noun, and is separated from the rest of the sentence using a comma usually, with no conjunctions, the only correct answer here is the first one. Because there is a comma, there is no conjunction like in the third sentence, so it has to be correct. 
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