This distinction refers to the property of verbs to be used either with (=relative) or without (= absolute) complements (to give, to love vs to sleep, to bloom). In the absolute use of relative verbs the object is either understood from the context or...

Semantically defined dependent clause functioning as an adverbial modifier which refers to the main clause in relation to anteriority, posteriority, or simultaneity; they are introduced by such conjunctions as while, as long as, until, since: I watched...

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