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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
form of appositives
Hi,
I think appositives are those that add to the noun in terms of adding necessary??(have to be necessary?) information or explanations. My dilemma is in regard to the types of structural forms appositives can possibly take. Are there any tangible guidelines? Can any form will be allowed as long as an appositive does what it suppose to do?
eg,
Men, mostly consist of people in 30s and 40s, danced ...
A boy, tired and hungry, ran home to ...
I think appositives are those that add to the noun in terms of adding necessary??(have to be necessary?) information or explanations. My dilemma is in regard to the types of structural forms appositives can possibly take. Are there any tangible guidelines? Can any form will be allowed as long as an appositive does what it suppose to do?
eg,
Men, mostly consist of people in 30s and 40s, danced ...
A boy, tired and hungry, ran home to ...
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Appositives (both restrictive and non-restrictive) are normally noun phrases ( My ancestor, Eric the Red ). What you have created are adjective phrases or clauses: People , [who were a group] mostly consisting of men in their 30s and 40s, danced... A boy, [who was] tired and hungry, ran home to...
- Appositives (both restrictive and non-restrictive) are normally noun phrases ( My ancestor, Eric the Red ).
- What you have created are adjective phrases or clauses: People , [who were a group] mostly consisting of men in their 30s and 40s, danced...
- A boy, [who was] tired and hungry, ran home to...
- ) I would guess that there then are 3 ways to post-modify similarly: with a word, a phrase, or a clause.
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Appositives (both restrictive and non-restrictive) are normally noun phrases (My ancestor, Eric the Red). What you have created are adjective phrases or clauses:
People, [who were a group] mostly consisting of men in their 30s and 40s, danced...
A boy, [who was] tired and hungry, ran home to... (= A tired and hungry boy ran home...)
People, [who were a group] mostly consisting of men in their 30s and 40s, danced...
A boy, [who was] tired and hungry, ran home to... (= A tired and hungry boy ran home...)
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Your two examples are not appositives. The information is not necessary, but rather descriptive.
In addition, your first example needs rewording -- possibly this way, for example:
Men, mainly in their 30s and 40s, danced...
An appositive is a noun or pronoun (sometimes with modifiers). An appositive generally follows another noun or pronoun and serves to identify or expl
In addition, your first example needs rewording -- possibly this way, for example:
Men, mainly in their 30s and 40s, danced...
An appositive is a noun or pronoun (sometimes with modifiers). An appositive generally follows another noun or pronoun and serves to identify or expl
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