Nouns in apposition?
Home to over 8,000 birds from 600 species, the Jurong Bird Park holds the distinction of having the world's tallest man-made waterfall.
In the sentence, is the phrase "Home to... species" a noun phrase? I also would like to know whether the subject of the sentence is a "nouns in apposition" structure or not. Thanks in advance.
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Home to over 8,000 birds from 600 species , the Jurong Bird Park holds the distinction of having the world's tallest man-made waterfall. Yes, it's a noun phrase, functioning as a predicative adjunct (a kind of supplement). It's predicative because it is related to the subject (the predicand), and it's an adjunct because it is an optional item as opposed to a complement.
- Home to over 8,000 birds from 600 species , the Jurong Bird Park holds the distinction of having the world's tallest man-made waterfall.
- Yes, it's a noun phrase, functioning as a predicative adjunct (a kind of supplement).
- It's predicative because it is related to the subject (the predicand), and it's an adjunct because it is an optional item as opposed to a complement.
- It's labelled a supplement because it is a loosely attached separate unit of information, set apart by punctuation like the comma in your example, and marked off in speech by a slight pause.
- No, it's not an appositive construction.
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Home to over 8,000 birds from 600 species, the Jurong Bird Park holds the distinction of having the world's tallest man-made waterfall.
Yes, it's a noun phrase, functioning as a predicative adjunct (a kind of supplement). It's predicative because it is related to the subject (the predicand), and it's an adjunct because it is an optional item as opposed to a complement.
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