How to use apposition

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1- The living room, the biggest room in the house, looks out on to a beautiful garden.
2- We will be rebaptizing you, my most loyal followers.

Can I rewrite them as in:

1a- The living room, which is the biggest room in the house, looks out on to a beautiful garden.
2a- We will be rebaptizing you, who are my most loyal followers

If I can write these versions above, why I can not use this sentence:

3a- It is such a weird feeling, which is to wear her jacket.

( 3- This versions is okay I suppose: "It is such a weird feeling, wearing her jacket" )

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

1, 2, 1a, and 2a are correct.

3 is not right, which is why 3a can't be used. 3 should be, for example: "She gets a weird feeling when she wears that jacket." Then 3a would be, for example: "She gets a weird feeling in that jacket, which is why she doesn't wear it."

CalifJim · Answer

mango pen 189why ~~I can not~~ can't I use this sentence:
3a- It is such a weird feeling, which is to wear her jacket.

Because "to wear her jacket" is not a feeling.

"to wear her jacket" can be a purpose, however.

I did it for a definite purpose, which was to wear her jacket.

Now that's weird. But grammatical.

Here's a real sentence with the same pattern. It makes more sense.

The onset of the Second World War showed that the League had failed its primary purpose, which was to prevent any future world war.

You can also conceive of an infinitive as a goal:

I worked hard on raising my credit score in order to achieve my goal, which was to purchase a home.

Or as an objective:

In protecting these abstract models we lost sight of the prime objective, which was to produce positive results for our people.

CJ

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