Question

need help on italicized portion of the sentence?
1.The weather remaining turbulent, we will postpone our canoe trip.

Answer 1

if the remaining turbulent,will be postpone our canoe trip and i think its prepositional phrase with a gerund?

Answer 2

What is italicized?

Answer 3

The original sentence is strange. It's not completely phrased.

The main clause is fine: "...we will postpone our canoe trip."

That stuff at the beginning has a participle in it ("remaining"), but it doesn't modify anything in the main clause. To be correct, the sentence should read like this: If the weather remains turbulent, we will ...

But as it is, badly written as it is, I guess you'd have to say that "remaining" is a participle that modifies "weather."

Answer 4

so did i get it right??

Answer 5

elliptical clause ?

Answer 6

these are the choices that it can be
adverb clause
infinitive phrase
past participial phrase
elliptical clause
adjective clause

Answer 7

am i right?

Answer 8

so that's not the grammatical structure of it? but doesn't it have a gerund in it?

Answer 9

I'd start the sentence with "If" -- how will you rephrase if you start with that word, too?

Answer 10

infinative