My heart in my throat.
Hi human beings from all over the world.
I wonder where is the verb in this sentence 'My heart in my throat, I started swimming in the other direction, toward the reef'.
Hm...my heart in my throat. Where is the verb to be, for God's sakes?!
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Well, that greeting covers pretty well everyone, doesn't it?
As for your question, the answer is that there is no need for a verb. Would it help if we imagine the word 'With' at the beginning of the sentence. 'With my heart in my throat, I started swimming...'
The subject is 'I', the verb is 'started swimming' and the phrase '[With] my heart in my throat' is just some extra information qualifying the subject 'I'. 'I started swimming...[with] my heart in my throat.'
Cute doggy, by the way.
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Imagine the sentence were like this: I started swimming in the other direction, toward the reef, (with) my heart in my throat.
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The verb "to be" is implicit there. The sentence would be "my heart IS in my throat"
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