http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsSentenceEllipseClause/hzgww/post.htmFri, 27 Mar 2009 05:05:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:611090Eddie880http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsSentenceEllipseClause/hzgww/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-611090.xmlThere are a series of conflicts that run throughout this story, the most important being Trujillo’s abuse of his dictatorship over the country; an external conflict between Trujillo and society. Could you please tell me what this sentence is made up of in terms of phrases and clauses. Thanks. the most important being Trujillo’s abuse of his dictatorship over the country= Is this an ellipse clause? The most important (conflict) being Trujillo&#39;s abuse of his dictatorship over the country. Is this now an independent clause if I insert the bracketed word? Is the first comma incorrect? Or is what follows the comma a phrase? If it is, or were, an ellipse clause would a comma be incorrect the same way it would be if a comma joined two...