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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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I'm glad to see the two [of] you finally married.

A: May propose a toast to the newlyweds? I just want congratulate the two of you. I'm glad to see the two of you finally married. Here's to this beautiful couple. May you have a happy marriage!

B: I'll drink to that!

C: Thank you, David.


I'd like to know here if "of" is appositive "of."

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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" An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun adjacent to it. My teacher, Miss Mary Smith , is married to John's uncle. That large beast, an Indian elephant, will not hurt you.

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  • " An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun adjacent to it.
  • My teacher, Miss Mary Smith , is married to John's uncle.
  • That large beast, an Indian elephant, will not hurt you.
  • "Of" is a preposition.
  • It is not a noun.
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park sang joonI'd like to know here if "of" is appositive "of."
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun adjacent to it.

My teacher, Miss Mary Smith, is married to John's uncle.
That large beast, an Indian elephant, will not hurt you.

"Of" is a preposition. It is not a noun.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your very kind answer. Emotion: smile
I meant "the two" is an appositive of "you", here I think "of" plays the r
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park sang joonI meant "the two" is an appositive of "you",
No, there is no noun phrase renaming another noun phrase and set off by commas.
"Appositive" is not the right label.

"the two" = noun phrase
"of you" = prepositional phrase.

We often use "of + pronoun" after numbers and quantities.

examples:
Those are nice orange
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