Question

Identify the underlined element in the following passage from the novel Bleak House by Charles wingspanens.

“Fog everywhere. Fog flowing up the river, among green banks and meadows; fog rolling down the river, where it hangs defiled among the ships and buildings of a great (and dirty) city.”

Infinitive phrase

Prepositional phrase

Sentence fragment

Absolute phrase

Answer 1

If you're referring to "and dirty", then it is an absolute phrase because it's a modifier that refers to a noun.