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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Apposotives
When using an appositive, i.e.: Tim, while riding his bike, saw a spoon.
If I wanted to use a second appositive to describe the first appositive, which punctuation do I use? Would the outer appositive begin and end with semicolons or commas, for example:
Tim; while riding his bike, that was red; saw a spoon.
Or:
Tim, while riding his bike, that was red, saw a spoon.
Because in the case of listing state capitals you use a semicolon to separate between the states, i.e.: Sacramento, California; Carson City, Nevada; and Augusta, Maine.
So would the same principle be applied to appositives or no?
If I wanted to use a second appositive to describe the first appositive, which punctuation do I use? Would the outer appositive begin and end with semicolons or commas, for example:
Tim; while riding his bike, that was red; saw a spoon.
Or:
Tim, while riding his bike, that was red, saw a spoon.
Because in the case of listing state capitals you use a semicolon to separate between the states, i.e.: Sacramento, California; Carson City, Nevada; and Augusta, Maine.
So would the same principle be applied to appositives or no?
Top answer
Hi When you say appositive, I understand that as "adjective" or "adjectival phrase". However, your word is OK In English, the appositives in a phrase are usually placed before the noun, separated by commas (but without a comma before the noun): Tim, while riding his red, rusty, old bike down the road, saw a spoon. You might use semicolons if you wanted dramatic effect: Tim was riding his bike: it was red; it was seriously rusty; it was old.
- Hi When you say appositive, I understand that as "adjective" or "adjectival phrase".
- However, your word is OK In English, the appositives in a phrase are usually placed before the noun, separated by commas (but without a comma before the noun): Tim, while riding his red, rusty, old bike down the road, saw a spoon.
- You might use semicolons if you wanted dramatic effect: Tim was riding his bike: it was red; it was seriously rusty; it was old.
- He noticed a spoon.
- Hope this may help, Dave
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Hi
When you say appositive, I understand that as "adjective" or "adjectival phrase". However, your word is OK
In English, the appositives in a phrase are usually placed before the noun, separated by commas (but without a comma before the noun):
Tim, while riding his red, rusty, old bike down the road, saw a spoon.
You might use semicolons if you wanted dramatic
When you say appositive, I understand that as "adjective" or "adjectival phrase". However, your word is OK
In English, the appositives in a phrase are usually placed before the noun, separated by commas (but without a comma before the noun):
Tim, while riding his red, rusty, old bike down the road, saw a spoon.
You might use semicolons if you wanted dramatic
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