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Sunu Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Apostrophe with appositives

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00A passionate painter, Picasso’s pièce de résistance was his Guernica. 02br
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00Is the following correct (apostrophe usage) when one rewrites the above as: 02br
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00Picasso, a passionate painter's, pièce de résistance was his Guernica. 02br
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0 No, Sunu, I wouldn't use sentence #2. 02br 00As far as sentence #1 is concerned, it reminds me of an argument I read about recently. htm

— Miche

  • 0 No, Sunu, I wouldn't use sentence #2.
  • 02br 00As far as sentence #1 is concerned, it reminds me of an argument I read about recently.
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0 No, Sunu, I wouldn't use sentence #2. 02br
00As far as sentence #1 is concerned, it reminds me of an argument I read about recently. Have a look at it: 02br
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0 Thx, Miche! 02br
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00Will take a look at the article. 0-
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0 So, Miche, is there no way to write the appositive (a passionate painter) in the middle of the given sentence? 0-
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0 Well, I would suggest the following: 02br
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00The pièce de résistance of Picasso, a passionate painter, was his Guernica. 0-
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0 Thx, Miche. 02br
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00I went to the link and found the article most amusing. Thx. 0-
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