Question

need help with this Nominative Absolutes sentence
"The town held a festival because the harvest had been so large.".

is this right?

The town held a festival the harvest been so large.

Answer 1

The town held a festival the harvest been so large. <~~That's a run-on -- two independent clauses run together without correct punctuation.

Answer 2

so what do i need to do, I don't understand it at all.

Answer 3

What's wrong with the first sentence. It's correct.

Answer 4

I'm supposed to rewrite the entire sentence changing because the harvest had been so large to a nominative absolure.

Answer 5

This example may help you.

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000390.htm

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_absolute

I don't see how your original sentence can be turned into this construction.

Answer 7

The town held a festival, because the harvest was so large.

Answer 8

The way I understand the explanations, you need to make one part of that sentence into a phrase (probably a participial phrase) which modifies the subject of the sentence.

In your new sentence, "town" is the subject. What is modifying it?

Answer 9

Here is another, more expanded explanation of the term:

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Answer 10

OK, try this:

The harvest having been so large, the town held a festival.

I hope that's right. =)