What is nominative in apposition?

Answer 1

Nominative in Apposition is just another way of saying an Appositive. An appositive is a noun or noun phrasethat renames another noun right beside it. The appositive can be a short or long combination of words. Look at these examples:

• The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.

• The insect, a large cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.

• The insect, a large cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table.

• The insect, a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal, is crawling across the kitchen table.

Answer 2

a clause that modify or identify a noun or a noun phrase is called NC in apposition