what is an absolute phrase?
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An absolute phrase is another useful linking device; for example, "His nose was running and his hands were shaking" and "He left the theatre" can be combined as \n\n"His nose running and his hands shaking, he left the theatre." \n\nThe absolute uses a participle to create a phrase which modifies the entire sentence rather than a specific word.
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whatttttttttt do you mean?
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It means a quotation or saying
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It can mean a lot of things, it depends on the context of how the phrase is used.
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An assertion is simply a declarative sentence. It need not be true. Example: (I am asserting that) I am the King of England.
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Absolute location would be a point on the intersection of a latitude and longitude, while relative location would be refered to something at a distance from a particular point.
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This phrase has got many meanings... Depending on the place where you use it...\n\nGenerally it means, "hidden truths about something which is known"
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What do you mean exactly?
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Try googling the phrase in quotation marks.
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nothing in the world is absolute.. no "all"  "never"  "always" // some do but some dont
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Try these babies for size\n\n"Bob Smith"\n\nThe quotations will only produce the phrase, not it separated, at least as the first lot of searches. If not, try advanced search on almost any search engine (particularly Google or Yahoo!) and search in the exact phrase category
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I like the the phrase (command):  "Eschew obfuscation!"\n\nThe irony is that the phrase itself does not do what it commands!
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say what you mean and mean what you say
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A phrase is part of a sentence that cannot stand alone.  \n\nExamples:\n\nThe girl\n\nA lot of purple bugs\n\nRan through the park\n\nHelped the lady\n\nOn the front of the dress\n\nBefore the movie\n\n\nA sentence is a complete thought with a noun phrase and a verb phrase.\n\nExamples:\n\nThe girl danced all night.\n\nA lot of purple bugs are on my bed.\n\nMartha and I ran through the park\n\nJavier helped the lady.\n\nThere are pink flowers on the front of the dress.\n\nMy date bought popcorn before the movie.\n\n\n\nIf that's not what you meant, then maybe you meant phrase as in "idiom" or "saying."  In that case, a phrase is something commonly said - and it often involves figurative language. \n\nExamples:  \n\nIt's raining cats and dogs.\n\nShe looks like a million bucks.\n\nYou woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
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A phrase is a group of words that has either no subject or no predicate.\n opening the gate (no subject) \n the man at the counter (no predicate) \n across the river (a modifier: neither a subject nor a predicate) \n\nA clause is a group of words containing both a subject and a predicate.\n\nDependent Clauses cannot stand alone as  sentences.\nalthough the man held his daughter \nbecause Jerry was laughing at the joke \n \nIndependent Clauses can stand alone as a sentence.\nAlfred did not want to marry \nMy sister, Mariana, was talking about our mother
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That there isn't any Absolute at all
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Say what??\n\nPlease clarify your meaning.