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[nukeday]

My student has a question about this sentence. Particularly interested in the bolded:

In 4g technology, Samsung is posed to become a leading force while Hyundai Motor, an industry joke a decade ago, is a top-five automaker, its rising market share fueled by quality cars and nifty marketing.

Obviously this is some kind of clause/phrase, perhaps involving possessive adjectives specifically. I tried to give some simpler examples.


like..
The woman screamed, her voice filled with fear.

What is this grammar point called?

[Universalis]

Well, I'm no expert, but my guess is that it's an adverbial (and subordinate) clause, with the subordinating conjuction omitted, perhaps for style.

In 4g technology, Samsung is posed to become a leading force while Hyundai Motor, an industry joke a decade ago, is a top-five automaker, (with) its rising market share fueled by quality cars and nifty marketing.

The woman screamed, (while) her voice filled with fear.

I'm not exactly sure the rules on omitting the conjunction in cases like that, but that would be my guess.

Brian

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[nukeday]

Awesome. That's exactly it. Thank you.

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