An appositive is a word or phrase that renames the noun or pronoun before it. Example: My brother, a true American hero, is treating the wounded in Iraq. "A true American hero" is the appositive.
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Jack Vance, the author of The Dying Earth and The Narrow Land, is one of the more famed writers of Science Fiction.
it's in a comma like My brother, a true American hero, is helping wounded soldiers in Afghanistan
Ms. Smith, my teacher, was cool.
Example 1: "I invited Kim, my best friend, to the party.""my best friend" is the appositive used to identify "Kim" in the sentence.Example 2: "George, my uncle, is cool.""my uncle" is the appositive used to identify "George" in this sentence.
An appositive is a word or phrase that renames the noun or pronoun before it. Example: My brother, a true American hero, is treating the wounded in Iraq. "A true American hero" is the appositive.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it.The appositive in the sentence is Bob Huylett, which renames the noun 'author'.
For something to be a clause, it must contain a subject and a verb. An appositive phrase does contain a verb. It's a phrase, associated with a noun, which provides more information about that noun (note that in this sentence, "associated with a noun" is an appositive phrase).Another example of a sentence with an appositive phrase is this:"Johnny, my neighbor, planted a tree."A similar sentence with an adjective clause is this:"Johnny, who lives next door to me, planted a tree."
Jon, the best student in the school, got an A in the exam.An appositive is a noun that comes before or after another noun that has the same meaning.In this sentence student is the appositive it means the same as Jon. The appositive comes after the subject Jon.'The best student in the school' is an appositive phrase.In the next example the appositive comes before the subject of the sentence:An excellent netball player, Sarah never misses a goal.Sarah is the subject. player is the appositive. Appositive phrase is 'an excellent netball player'.
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to read Quezon City by Manuel Duldulao is a great adventure.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it.The appositive phrase is little Sierra, which renames the noun phrase 'my neighbor'.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it.The appositive in the sentence is the noun Mike which renames the noun phrase 'your brother'.
Not necessarily. It depends on the usage. An appositive is a noun or a noun phrase that is used to rename another noun that is beside it. The appositive in these sentences are bolded. In the first example 2012 is the appositive, renaming the year. In the second example, year is the name of a field.The year, 2012, was a positive one for the family.The empty field, year, needs to be filled in.
Appositive phrase
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it.The appositive is the noun phrase the final question, which renames the noun phrase 'problem number 19'.