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Vcolts Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Appositive phrase?

Sentence: I like your dogs, so cute.

Is it a grammatically correct usage of an appositive phrase?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Geez, I think so. ) I'm not really an expert on these. I don't usually see them at the end, but I can't say why not.

  • Geez, I think so.
  • ) I'm not really an expert on these.
  • I don't usually see them at the end, but I can't say why not.
  • They usually represent the thing they stand for in a nominal way (rather than adjectival), so that gramatically, one could replace the other.
  • I don't think this works in your example.
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Geez, I think so. (I'd be more inclined to call it a parenthetical expression without parentheses.)

I'm not really an expert on these. I don't usually see them at the end, but I can't say why not.

They usually represent the thing they stand for in a nominal way (rather than adjectival), so that gramatically, one could replace the other. I don't think this works in your exampl
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hi dear

yes I think it is right

but I would like to add that it has something of abbreviation

this is because it is spoken language

the sentence in full

I like your dogs,they are so cute.

thanks alot
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mohzayatI like your dogs,they are so cute.
Hi, mohzayat.
This amounts to a "comma splice." It needs either a conjunction or a semicolon.

I like your dogs because they are so cute.

I like your dogs; they are so cute.
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AvangiI think I've read that the appositive must be a noun or a noun phrase. I think that's what my dictionary says, in fact.


An appositive is a re-naming or amplification of a word that immediately precedes it. (An appositive, then is the opposite of an oppositive.) Frequently another kind of phrase will serve in apposition.
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We had a poster (eddie) who spent a lot of time delving into appositives, pretty much on his own. I recall that the term "noun phrase" seemed ambiguous at times.
We name phrases sometimes for the type of word that "fronts" them (heads them), and sometimes for the way the phrase functions as a whole.
So if an infinitive phrase functions as subject of the clause/sentence, you can ca

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