Trouble with absolute phrase and modifier.
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Be careful with your wording here. An absolute phrase and a modifier are not mutually exclusive. An absolute phrase is simply a type of modifier.
"One by one, down the hill come the mothers of the neighborhood, their kids running beside them."
Just know that, if something is set off by commas, it is not part of the core structure of the sentence. By that, of course, I mean that it is neither the subject nor the verb.
"One by one, down the hill come the mothers of the neighborhood, their kids running beside them."
Just know that, if something is set off by commas, it is not part of the core structure of the sentence. By that, of course, I mean that it is neither the subject nor the verb.