Ablative

I'm not trying to confuse you, but I was once told by a semi-serious writer that you could actually use a Latin grammatical construction called the Ablative Absolute and make sense out of it in English.

languagehat.com: POLYGLATT. 2005

For Five Star, McInerny has produced a number of stand alone mysteries including _The Ablative Case_, _Sub Rosa_, and _Still Life_.

Static 2010

BTW, EA... with that dissertation on the Ablative case, you just gave another clue to your identity.

Go Name Yourself Editorial Anonymous 2009

Ablative somehow reminds me of the word abattoir, which is more disgusting than evil.

Vote or Die! Mwaa-ha-ha-ha! Editorial Anonymous 2009

Ablative comes from the same root as ablation, and an ablative case conveys a removal from the rest of the sentence around it in place, time, cause, or manner.

Go Name Yourself Editorial Anonymous 2009

Ablative qu? ... - and don't show your face again on this site until you've learnt it properly this time!

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

For Five Star, McInerny has produced a number of stand alone mysteries including _The Ablative Case_, _Sub Rosa_, and _Still Life_.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

She taught French, English, and history, and the Sophomore Latin class, which dealt in matters of a metaphysical nature called Indirect Discourse and the Ablative

Main Street 2004

I was often uncertain whether the Ablative Absolute should end in ‘e’ or ‘i’ or ‘o’ or ‘is’ or ‘ibus,’ to the correct selection of which great importance was attached.

MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

If the reader has ever learned any Latin prose he will know that at quite an early stage one comes across the Ablative Absolute with its apparently somewhat despised alternative ‘Quum with the pluperfect subjunctive.’

MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003