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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Apposition

1. He, my father is a doctor.

2. My father, he is a doctor.
I think the pronoun "he" is in apposition with the noun "my father" in these sentences.
But are these sentences natural ? The apposition seems unnecessary.
  

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Hi, 1. He, my father is a doctor. 2.

— Clive

  • Hi, 1.
  • He, my father is a doctor.
  • 2.
  • My father, he is a doctor.
  • I think the pronoun "he" is in apposition with the noun "my father" in these sentences.
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Hi,

1. He, my father is a doctor.

2. My father, he is a doctor.

I think the pronoun "he" is in apposition with the noun "my father" in these sentences. Yes.

But are these sentences natural ? #1 is more natural than #2.

The apposition seems unnecessary. Often the intent is to clarify who is meant by 'he', in cases where severl men ha
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I agree with Clive that speakers often find themselves in he midst of a sentence where the antecedent to the pronoun they are using is ambiguous, so wind up saying, "He, my father, is a doctor."

In written language it is incorrect because you have a redundancy in the subject. It would be correct to say either, "He is a doctor," or, "My father is a doctor," but not to use both. In any t
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