(Regarding 12th grade english)
2006-09-23 23:01:28 · 5 answers · asked by spyderchick_89 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
An appositive phrase is a phrase that follows a noun or pronoun and modifies or describes the noun or pronoun.
Example: Mrs. Baker, our neighbor, is an excellent cook.
our neighbor is an appositive phrase---and it should be enclosed by commas
2006-09-23 23:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by Laurie V 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What Laurie said, except that the appositive can also precede the subject, in which case there will only be one comma.
My father, John, loves potatoes.
"My father" is the subject and "John" is the appositive (although not a phrase).
A retired engineer, my father loves math.
Again "my father" is the subject and now "a retired engineer" is the appositive phrase.
In both cases, the appositives provide extra information but are not required for the sentence to be grammatically or semantically correct. (On the other hand "John loves potatoes" or "A retired engineer loved math" could refer to anyone.)
2006-09-24 03:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In grammar, an appositive is a noun phrase that renames or describes another noun phrase, with no word interposed between the two phrases.
2006-09-23 23:06:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-09-23 23:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by paulbaby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is not a homeschooling question, therefore, here in the homeschooling category, it is miscategorized.
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2006-09-24 03:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by Terri 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋