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An appositive follows a noun. See examples below:
My computer, a dinosaur from the last century, hasn't worked in years.
The noun before the appositive is the word computer.
The appositive phrase is highlighted.
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How does a noun work as appositive of the sentence under the nominative case?
An appositive is the renaming of a noun before it in the sentence. Nouns do not have different forms for nominative or subjective case. An appositive can follow a subjective noun or an objective noun.Examples:Steven Brown, professor of literature, will be heading the committee. (the appositive 'professor' refers to the subject noun 'Steven Brown)The head of the committee is Steven Brown, professor of literature. (the appositive 'professor' refers to the direct object noun 'Steven Brown)
Can you give me an example of an appositive noun?
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'.
If a sentence contains an appositive is it simple?
an appositive doesn't add clauses to a sentence
What is apositive?
The number that is positive Like -8 the appositive is 8 or 8 the appositive is 8
What is an apositive?
The number that is positive Like -8 the appositive is 8 or 8 the appositive is 8
What is the appositive in this sentence The sun a star is a ball of gas?
The appositive is "a star", which renames the noun phrase "the sun".An appositive should be set off from the rest of the sentence by commas before and after.
What is the appositive in the following sentence. Her sister Violet will attend the meeting?
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it.The noun"Violet" is appositive in that sentence. It renames the noun phrase "her sister".
What noun is the appositive describing ''My brother Mike is getting to be a big boy''?
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'.
What is appositive phrase in this sentence The book was signed by the author Bob Huylett?
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'.
Is appositive a simple tense of verbs?
An appositive is a noun or a noun phrase that renames or explains another noun, usually appearing right beside it in a sentence. It is not a tense of verbs, but rather a way to provide additional information about a noun in a sentence.
Is the group leaders an appositive prepositional phrase independent clause direct object or appositive?
Appositives
How many appositive phrases can you have in a sentence?
appositive phrase is a appositive that have phrase
