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Luna1968 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Appositive?
In this line from Night:
I saw them disappear into the distance; my mother was stroking my sister’s fair hair, as though to protect her, while I walked on with my father and the other men.
"as though to protect her" is this an appositive?
I saw them disappear into the distance; my mother was stroking my sister’s fair hair, as though to protect her, while I walked on with my father and the other men.
"as though to protect her" is this an appositive?
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No, it's a subordinate clause functioning as an adjunct of manner . Appositives are noun phrases, not clauses. John S
- No, it's a subordinate clause functioning as an adjunct of manner .
- Appositives are noun phrases, not clauses.
- John S
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No, it's a subordinate clause functioning as an adjunct of manner. Appositives are noun phrases, not clauses.
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