an appositive
A pronoun that 'renames' may be a subject complement, an object complement, or an appositive.A subject complement is a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or restates the subject.Example: My neighbor with the Mercedes is him. (neighbor = him)An object complement is a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun that follows a direct object and renames it.Example: They announced the winner, you. (winner = you)An appositive is a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun that renames another noun right beside it.Example: The campers, everyone who participated, will have to help with clean-up. (campers = everyone).
Phrases that rename nouns or pronouns are called appositives.Example: The track star deliberately lost the race so that he, the fastest runner, would not overshadow his friends on the team.
The noun or pronoun that a pronoun "renames" is the antecedent.Examples:When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train. (the noun "George" is the antecedent of the pronoun "he")You and I can finish this if we work together. (the pronouns "you and I" are the antecedent of the pronoun "we")
A pronoun that clarifies or renames a noun is called a demonstrative pronoun. Demonstrative pronouns include words like "this," "that," "these," and "those" that help specify or point out which noun is being referred to.
appositive.
An appositive is a noun or a pronoun that follows another noun or pronoun in a sentence to identify or explain.Example: Don't leave your burger there, my dog, Artemis will steal it.The noun Artemis is the appositive for the noun dog.
A pronoun that 'renames' may be a subject complement, an object complement, or an appositive.A subject complement is a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or restates the subject.Example: My neighbor with the Mercedes is him. (neighbor = him)An object complement is a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun that follows a direct object and renames it.Example: They announced the winner, you. (winner = you)An appositive is a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun that renames another noun right beside it.Example: The campers, everyone who participated, will have to help with clean-up. (campers = everyone).
Phrases that rename nouns or pronouns are called appositives.Example: The track star deliberately lost the race so that he, the fastest runner, would not overshadow his friends on the team.
The noun or pronoun that a pronoun "renames" is the antecedent.Examples:When George got to 19th Street, he got off the train. (the noun "George" is the antecedent of the pronoun "he")You and I can finish this if we work together. (the pronouns "you and I" are the antecedent of the pronoun "we")
A pronoun that clarifies or renames a noun is called a demonstrative pronoun. Demonstrative pronouns include words like "this," "that," "these," and "those" that help specify or point out which noun is being referred to.
appositive.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it.The appositive in the sentence is your family physician, which renames the noun 'Dr. Lane'.
The predicate nominative (also called a subject complement) is the noun or a pronoun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject.Example: Mary is my sister.(Mary=sister; the noun 'sister' is the predicate nominative that renames the subject 'Mary')
The noun or pronoun that follows a preposition is called the object of the preposition.
A noun that follows another noun to explain what it is called an appositive. An example would be Peter the Apostle, in which the word "Apostle" is acting as an appositive.
A prepositional phrase is a group of words introduced by a preposition, with a noun or a pronoun as the object of the preposition. Examples:We put the suitcase in the trunk. (the noun 'trunk' is the object of the preposition 'in')I'm in the mood for mother's homemade cookies. (the noun 'cookies' is the object of the preposition 'for')He brought his sister with him. (the pronoun 'him' is the object of the preposition 'with')A predicate noun (or predicate nominative) is a noun or a pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or modifies a subject. Example:The statue's base is wood painted to look like marble. (the noun 'wood' is the predicate noun that renames the subject noun 'base')Mary is his sister. (the noun 'sister' renames the subject noun 'Mary')Jack is the one who called. (the indefinite pronoun 'one' renames the subject noun 'Jack')
A noun or pronoun after a preposition is called an object of the preposition. It typically follows the preposition in a sentence to show the relationship between the noun or pronoun and other elements in the sentence.