Sentential apposition
I've read some sentences like the following:
Some schools try to head off feuding before it begins by using computerize matching, a process that nevertheless remains more of a guessing game than a science.
We can see that the section 'a process that nevertheless remains more of a guessing game than a science' functioned as the apposition for the whole sentence'some schools try to head off....by using computerize matching'; where the that-clause 'that nevertheless remains more of a guessing than a science' is an attributive clause of the process.
I have searched a lot, but I cannot find any grammar books or theory to support my analysis.
Are there any theories or grammar that I can refer to?
Many thanks!
Top answer
To me, the section 'a process that nevertheless remains more of a guessing game than a science' functions in apposition to ' computerized matching ';
- To me, the section 'a process that nevertheless remains more of a guessing game than a science' functions in apposition to ' computerized matching ';
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To me, the section 'a process that nevertheless remains more of a guessing game than a science' functions in apposition to 'computerized matching';
0Some schools try to head off feuding before it begins by using computerized matching, a process that nevertheless remains more of a guessing game than a science.
The underlined element is not a clause, but a noun phrase headed by the noun "process". The that clause is embedded within the NP as complement of "process".
But the NP is not a supplementary appo
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