Mike,

Thanks for the reply, but I'm not sure how you "agree" wth me! My hunch is that it really is an "elliptical"clause, if that term can be used with adverbial clauses (I know it can with relative ones). But I'm not sure. What do you think?

In fact, a couple of us have had students pose this same question.

Kent

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Hi!

I agree with you Kent.  What are the others saying about the sentence?

Cheers,
Mike

Kent Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
"After dining, I went to the opera."

Is "After dining" a prepositional phrase or an elliptical adverbial clause, i.e., "After I finished dining..."?

We are having an argument over this among our English faculty.

thanks for any counseling,

Kent

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