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Help! I need to find examples of nominative absolute in different works of literature. I know what it is, I just don't know how or where to look!
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Help! I need to find examples of nominative absolute in different works of literature. I know what it is, I just don't know how or where to look!
Well, to get you started, the Second Amendment is a textbook example of a nominative absolute:

"A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."

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