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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
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Can a singular noun be the appositive of a plural noun?

The piece contains four movements, a structure often used by Beethoven, and imitated by contemporaries such as Schubert.


Q1)In the above sentence, is "a structure" used as the appositive of "four movements"? (I mean whether "a structure" refers to "four movements)


Q2) If Q 1 is right, is even the below sentence correct as well? (The positions of a structure and four movements had been charged)


The piece contains a structure, four movements often used by Beethoven, and imitated by contemporaries such as Schubert.

  

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fire1 Q1)In the above sentence, is "a structure" used as the appositive of "four movements"? (I mean whether "a structure" refers to "four movements) Yes, it is the structure of a classical symphony. _29_(Beethoven) fire1 Q2) If Q 1 is right, is even the below sentence below correct as well?

  • fire1 Q1)In the above sentence, is "a structure" used as the appositive of "four movements"?
  • (I mean whether "a structure" refers to "four movements) Yes, it is the structure of a classical symphony.
  • _29_(Beethoven) fire1 Q2) If Q 1 is right, is even the below sentence below correct as well?
  • (The positions of a structure and four movements had been charged) We have corrected "below sentence" to "sentence below" several times.
  • "Below sentence", "below figure", "below diagram," "below paragraph," etc.
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fire1Q1)In the above sentence, is "a structure" used as the appositive of "four movements"? (I mean whether "a structure" refers to "four movements)

Yes, it is the structure of a classical symphony.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._29_(

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