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JC 2020 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Questions regarding usage of appostive phrase

I did some Googling and learnt that an appositive phrase should be placed RIGHT AFTER/BEFORE the noun it is describing. (i.e. https://englishsentences.com/appositive-phrase/?fbclid=IwAR2PTg6WVNrrxg_TXgPIvBovCLsHn35W2XkMx_L26L2X_JEAlJmre4aZ8Dc)However, I recently came across a sentence that goes “As a father, it's my job to respect my son's opinion.” In this sentence, the appositive phrase “as a father” is describing me (the noun “I”). However, this appositive phrase is not placed right before the noun “my”. Is this sentence ungrammatical?I have another set of examples below. Am I right that e.g. 1 is correct whereas e.g. 2 is ungrammatical?E.g. 1 As a politician, Johnny should not respond to citizens on the other side of the political spectrum in this way.E.g. 2 As a politician, the way Johnny should not respond to citizens on the other side of the political spectrum in this way.
  

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"as" is a preposition. "As a father" is a prepositional phrase. It is an adjunct, and adverbial phrase.

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  • "as" is a preposition.
  • "As a father" is a prepositional phrase.
  • It is an adjunct, and adverbial phrase.
  • Here is an appositive phrase: My father, the famous Mr.
  • Rogers from the TV series , was just as nice in person as he was in his role as the neighborhood sage.
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"as" is a preposition. "As a father" is a prepositional phrase. It is an adjunct, and adverbial phrase.


Here is an appositive phrase:

My father, the famous Mr. Rogers from the TV series, was just as nice in person as he was in his role as the neighborhood sage.

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JC 2020As a father, it's my job to respect my son's opinion.

This is not an example of apposition. Apposition should have two noun phrases side by side. 'as a father' is not a noun phrase.

JC 2020Is this sentence ungrammatical?

No.

JC 2020Am I right that e.g. 1 is correct wh
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