I just discovered that I can attend the conference, if
it's still possible for me to register.  Could someone
please post the conference information, or email it to
me?

Carolyn

Michael Kischner wrote:
>
> The nominative absolute phrase often functions to "zoom in," as Edith
> Wollin puts it, on a part or detail of something in the main clause.  It's
> most easily seen with something physical, as in "THe schoolboy stood
> before the principal, his hands trembling."  In your example, instead of
> zooming in on a part of the boy, we are zooming in on one of the
> "factors."
>
> I'm glad you're coming in on a morning flight.  BUt there may be a bit of
> a problem in picking you up, since I may be busy with the ongoing
> pre-conference mini-course.  One possibility is for you to take an airport
> shuttle right to the Ramada Inn Northgate, which is a stone's throw from
> North Seattle Community College.  If you called once you got there, it
> would be easy for someone to go and pick you up there.  The shuttle,
> called Shuttle Express, leaves from the airport at forty minutes past each
> hour.  The cost (I'm afraid) is $14.  As I said, no problem returning you
> to the airport myself on Sunday after the conference.  The outfit you'd
> look for at the airport would be Shuttle Express (206) 622-1424.  In any
> case, pledase do give me full details of your flight -- flight number,
> line, etc.
>
> See you soon.
>
> On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, EDWARD VAVRA wrote:
>
> > Thanks Michael,
> >    But how do you see the absolute functioning?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > P.S. I just sent you an e-mail regarding my flight for the conference --
> > arriving about 10:45 AM, instead of PM. I hope that is ok.
> >
> > >>> Michael Kischner <[log in to unmask]> 06/24/98
> > 03:48pm >>>
> > I see the whole phrase -- "one being that the patient is in their own
> > home" -- as a nominative absolute phrase.  So "being" is the is a
> > transformation into a participle of "One is that the patient is in their
> > own home."  "One" is of course the subject of the nominative absolute
> > phrase. And "that the patient is in their own home" is a noun clause
> > functioning as subject complement to "one."
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, EDWARD VAVRA wrote:
> >
> > > In the sentence:
> > >
> > > There are several factors that strengthen or add to this relationship,
> > one
> > > being that the patient is in their own home.
> > >
> > > How would you explain the function of "being"?
> > > Of "one"?
> > > and of the 2nd "that" clause?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your responses.
> > > Ed v.
> >