{"id":2701,"date":"2013-08-17T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:31:21","slug":"ablative-absolute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"Ablative Absolute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of my posts lately have been about “stand alone absolutes,” such as the concept of “nothing<\/a>” or “something<\/a>” or just simply “being<\/a>.” As a result I couldn’t resist a post about the “Ablative Absolute.”<\/p>\n

Let me explain. The “Ablative Absolute,” which, by the way, this has nothing to do with voiding your bladder \ud83d\ude42 is a grammatical construction derived from the Latin. That is, ablative absolutes<\/span> are Latin phrases which are in a way detached or set off <\/i> from the rest of the sentence. (This means that they do not grammatically interrelate very closely with the other words of the sentence. They have a certain independence.)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Be unique and independent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nHere are some examples in English within the brackets. ( )<\/p>\n

(All things considered,) you are on your own.
\n(Tax included,) you owe me a bundle.
\n(It goes without saying,) this could become very boring.<\/p>\n

These are common everyday sentences, but they embody a concept from an ancient language and they pay homage to the idea of being set apart or acting independently.  I like to compare this concept to people. There is something very inspiring about a person who is independent and can stand apart from the crowd!! <\/p>\n

OK, grammar isn’t all that exciting, especially grammar from a dead language and discussing the ablative absolute is not exactly cocktail conversation, unless you are at a reception for classicists. However, I take my examples for personal growth, where I find them. And just in case you are at one of those intellectual parties, here are a few examples from the Latin:<\/p>\n

\nmutatis<\/span> mutandis<\/span><\/div>\n
\nwith the things that need to be changed (mutandis) having
\nbeen changed (mutatis)<\/div>\n
\nvice<\/span> versa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nwith the alternation turned around to its opposite, reversely<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSo, as I was saying, keep these under your hat or mortar board, until an occasion arises, by all means stand out, be independent; but pick your venues, for discussions of the ablative absolute \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Have an outstanding day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of my posts lately have been about “stand alone absolutes,” such as the concept of “nothing” or “something” or just simply “being.” As a result I couldn’t resist a post about the “Ablative Absolute.” Let me explain. The “Ablative Absolute,” which, by the way, this has nothing to do with voiding your bladder \ud83d\ude42 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2703,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions\/2703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}