Timeline for Omitting linking verbs
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| Nov 30, 2014 at 6:22 | vote | accept | technillogue | ||
| Nov 30, 2014 at 2:42 | comment | added | Anonym | The construction is sometimes called the nominative absolute in English. Its defining characteristic is that it has no finite verb, only a noun and an adjective. The participle being is always optional. A more common instance is that (being) said. | |
| Nov 30, 2014 at 2:36 | answer | added | Robusto | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 30, 2014 at 2:08 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 30, 2014 at 2:04 | history | asked | technillogue | CC BY-SA 3.0 |