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In linguistics, an absolute construction is a grammatical construction standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements. It can be a non-finite clause that is subordinate in form and modifies an entire sentence, an adjective or possessive pronoun standing alone without a modified substantive, or a transitive verb when its object is implied but not stated.〔()〕〔American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition〕 The term ''absolute'' derives from Latin ''absolūtum'', meaning "loosened from" or "separated". Because the non-finite clause, called the absolute clause (or simply the absolute), is not semantically attached to any single element in the sentence, it is easily confused with a dangling participle.〔 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. ==English== While the absolute construction is not particularly common in modern English and is generally more often seen in writing than in speech, it may be spoken as one of several fixed expressions:〔 *''Barring bad weather'', we plan to go to the beach tomorrow. *''All things considered'', it's not a bad idea. Example Usages: : Being a word, phrase, or construction that is isolated syntactically from the rest of a sentence: :: * “''this being the case'', let us go”〔 :: * "''The referee having finally arrived'', the game began."〔 : Being an adjective or pronoun that stands alone when the noun it modifies is being implied but not stated. :: * "''Theirs'' were the ''best''."〔 :: * “help the ''blind''”〔 :: * “your work and ''ours''"〔 : Being a transitive verb when its object is implied but not stated: :: * We have a teacher who ''inspires''.〔 :: * “if looks could ''kill''”〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Absolute construction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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