absolute clause or finite clause

[panicmonger]

Are the underlined absolute clauses or just normal finite clauses?
1. The meeting finished, I went back home.

2. The play finished, I went back home.

3. The play/meeting over, I went back home.

Will you regard the "finished" in 1. & 2. as the past participle or the past tense form?

[lauralie2]

Are the underlined absolute clauses or just normal finite clauses?

1. The meeting finished, I went back home.

2. The play finished, I went back home.

3. The play/meeting over, I went back home.

Will you regard the "finished" in 1. & 2. the past participle or the past tense form?

The comma tells me they are not finite clauses. Remove the comma and insert 'and', and you've got a finite clause.

• The meeting finished and I went back home.

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Reduced Absolutes:

• The meeting (having) finished,....
• (With) the meeting (having) finished,...