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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Clauses

In the sentence, "Joe Johnson, a student at Westlake High School, won the interstate spelling bee," what type of clause is the expression, "a student at Westlake High School"?
  

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Hi Anon; It's not any kind of clause, because the expression does not contain a verb.

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  • Hi Anon; It's not any kind of clause, because the expression does not contain a verb.
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Hi Anon;

It's not any kind of clause, because the expression does not contain a verb.
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AnonymousIn the sentence, "Joe Johnson, a student at Westlake High School, won the interstate spelling bee," what type of clause is the expression, "a student at Westlake High School"?
That phrase is called an appositive construction, or simply an appositive.

CJ
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