Timeline for What is the name of the grammatical construction "noun + present participle", i.e. a noun phrase followed by a participle?
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| May 26, 2018 at 14:22 | vote | accept | Andrey | ||
| May 25, 2018 at 19:35 | answer | added | KarlG | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 25, 2018 at 16:15 | answer | added | Arm the good guys in America | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 25, 2018 at 16:08 | comment | added | MetaEd | @KarlG To make first posters welcome, we communicate with them respectfully, and we help them learn to use the site. As an experienced user, you can help in your interactions with first posters by following site guidelines. That's how they learn what is expected of them. | |
| May 25, 2018 at 15:49 | comment | added | MetaEd | The question is reopened. Thanks for providing the context. | |
| May 25, 2018 at 15:48 | history | reopened |
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| May 25, 2018 at 13:47 | comment | added | KarlG | @Andrey: And that's the reason I objected to the hold. | |
| May 25, 2018 at 13:19 | comment | added | Andrey | @KarlG Actually, I was referring to "panic" as the noun in that sentence. However, it's true that I had no idea as to what the nominative absolute is. I tried to research but without knowing the name of what I was trying to research it brought no results. | |
| May 25, 2018 at 13:16 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| May 25, 2018 at 13:00 | history | edited | Andrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 25, 2018 at 9:35 | comment | added | KarlG | @MetaEd: I meant welcoming to first posters. You put a question on hold that's obviously about nominative absolutes. How is someone who thinks fading is somehow a noun going to "research" that question? So I post a link, which then disappears, replaced by a lecture. Thus the OP now knows far more about your interpretation of site guidelines than absolute constructions. | |
| May 24, 2018 at 21:54 | comment | added | MetaEd | @KarlG Answers in comments are not necessarily unwelcome. When a question is definitely on track to be deleted, a comment providing some helpful information to the asker is fine. When a question is closed because it's unclear or lacks research, that shouldn't be taken to mean the question is on track to be deleted. In that case the best thing is to wait for the asker to clarify or update the question. | |
| May 24, 2018 at 20:57 | comment | added | KarlG | @MetaEd: Actually, I posted the link after the question was closed because I didn't want the OP to go away empty-handed. It was clear the question was about an absolute construction. Thanks for making this stack such a welcoming place. | |
| May 24, 2018 at 20:36 | comment | added | MetaEd | @KarlG Please use comments only to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Do not use comments to answer (post an answer instead). Note that an answer which consists of barely more than a link is not useful and may be removed even if it is correct. (more) | |
| May 24, 2018 at 16:36 | comment | added | MetaEd | Possibly the complete sentence is: "His panic fading now that there was no sound of Filch and Snape, Harry moved nearer to the mirror, wanting to look at himself but seeing no reflection again." (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) | |
| May 24, 2018 at 16:33 | comment | added | MetaEd | The "..." suggests that what you're calling a sentence is actually a sentence fragment. It may seem strange or ungrammatical out of context. It will be hard to give you a definite expert answer without the context. | |
| May 24, 2018 at 16:31 | history | closed | MetaEd | Needs details or clarity | |
| May 24, 2018 at 16:15 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 24, 2018 at 16:12 | history | asked | Andrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |