English

Practical English Grammar


the appositive


An appositive is a noun or pronoun (often with modifiers) that is placed
beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it. Essentially, an
appositive is an additional word or group of words used to tell more about
who (or what) that noun or pronoun is. No verb appears in an appositive
phrase.

In each sentence below, the appositive phrase is underlined, and the apposi-
tive is italicized.

Michelle Rogers, the lifeguard at Smith’s Beach, made three saves
last month.
‘‘The Ugly Duckling,’’ Hans Christian Andersen’s story, has entertained
many children over the years.
My daughter’s car, a Toyota, has certainly served her well.
The Little Red Deli, our neighborhood store, is more than seventy-five
years old.
Eleven, Joe’s house number, is also his uniform’s number.
The cheetah, the fastest land animal, sprinted across the plains.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the famous author, won many writing awards.

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. compound subjects part two
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2. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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4. complete and simple subjects
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. the adjective clause
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7. Commas Part Two
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8. the indirect object
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9. irregular verbs part two
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10. what good writers do
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11. Commas Part Four
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12. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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13. compound subjects part one
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14. the noun adjective pronoun question
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15. the adverb
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16. Commas Part Three
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17. The Colon
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18. Quotation Marks Part Two
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19. First Capitalization List
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20. subject verb agreement situations
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21. the correlative conjunction
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22. the subordinating conjunction
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23. the interjection
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24. the object of the preposition
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25. types of nouns
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26. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
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27. The nominative case
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28. The Apostrophe
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29. Quotation Marks Part One
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30. subject and verb agreement
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31. introducing phrases
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32. the verb phrase
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33. the prepositional phrase
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34. the participle and participial phrase
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35. the noun clause
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36. Confusing usage words part one
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37. Confusing usage words part two
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38. Confusing usage words part three
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39. Confusing usage words part five
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40. Confusing usage words part six
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41. Active and passive voices
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42. Commas Part One
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43. The Semicolon
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44. Second Capitalization List
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45. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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46. indefinite pronouns
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47. irregular verbs part one
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48. types of sentences by purpose
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49. complex sentences
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50. compound complex sentences
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