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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A journalist's appositive
He is also this year's Best Player of the Year--the first person to win that award twice.
A journalist wrote this, so I'm inclined to think it is grammatical, but I am still not convinced.
I see it as an appositive, renaming 'he.'
Is it too far away from the noun it renames, or does the dash create a more relaxed style, allowing for the appositive to be further away from the noun it renames?
Thanks.
A journalist wrote this, so I'm inclined to think it is grammatical, but I am still not convinced.
I see it as an appositive, renaming 'he.'
Is it too far away from the noun it renames, or does the dash create a more relaxed style, allowing for the appositive to be further away from the noun it renames?
Thanks.
Top answer
I would see it as a second subject complement, with a dash to denote a longer and more emphatic pause than a comma. Cf. 1.
- I would see it as a second subject complement, with a dash to denote a longer and more emphatic pause than a comma.
- Cf.
- 1.
- He is an X, a Y, a Z.
- where the copula and conjunction are simply omitted.
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I would see it as a second subject complement, with a dash to denote a longer and more emphatic pause than a comma. Cf.
1. He is an X, a Y, a Z.
where the copula and conjunction are simply omitted.
MrP
1. He is an X, a Y, a Z.
where the copula and conjunction are simply omitted.
MrP
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True, I don't know why I didn't consider that. I agree. Thanks.
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Hi,
He is also this year's Best Player of the Year--the first person to win that award twice.
A journalist wrote this, Journalists do not always use correct grammar
He is also this year's Best Player of the Year--the first person to win that award twice.
A journalist wrote this, Journalists do not always use correct grammar
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