An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that identifies or renames another noun. It is a way of adding details to a sentence. The appositive is placed near the word or phrase it identifies or renames, thus it is placed in apposition to that word or phrase.
Examples:
Mr. Green, my neighbor, gave me the flowers.
The flowers are from Mr. Green, my neighbor with the garden.
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"If you give me one, and she gives me two, then I will have three."
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.
The musical sensation swept across the nation.
Did he put the book on the table?
an appositive doesn't add clauses to a sentence
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The number that is positive Like -8 the appositive is 8 or 8 the appositive is 8
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'.
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.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames or explains another noun in a sentence. It serves to provide additional information about the noun it follows. An appositive phrase is a group of words including the appositive and any associated modifiers.
An example of an appositive gerund is "Running, his favorite pastime, helped him stay in shape." In this sentence, "Running" serves as an appositive gerund that renames "his favorite pastime."