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Joey_five Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

What is ??appositive clause??

The following is from a gramar book:

"Relative clauses need to be distinguished from a 2nd type of finite clause which can postmodify a noun: the appositive clause. This looks very similar to a relative clause introduced by that . Compare:

1) The story that I wrote was published.

2) The story that I had resigned was published.

The first is relative (that can be replaced by which); the 2nd is appositive (that means "that is", and cannot be replaced by which)."

I read the whole thing several times and I still don't understand what it is talking about. I still feel the two sentences are pretty much the same. What really is appositive clause?? Could anyone offer a better elaboration??? Thanks a million!
  

Top answer

1) The story that I wrote was published. =I wrote the story and the story was published Here “the story” is the object of “I wrote”. In other words, “I wrote” is an incomplete sentence.

— Paco2004

  • 1) The story that I wrote was published.
  • =I wrote the story and the story was published Here “the story” is the object of “I wrote”.
  • In other words, “I wrote” is an incomplete sentence.
  • 2) The story that I had resigned was published.
  • ) The story is that I had resigned.
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1) The story that I wrote was published.=I wrote the story and the story was published
Here “the story” is the object of “I wrote”. In other words, “I wrote” is an incomplete sentence.

2) The story that I had resigned was published.=The story was published.(What kind of story is it?) The story is that I had resigned.
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ummmm....I am not sure. It is still confusing.... I guess I need a bit more time to digest. Or could anyone give me another example?
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An appositive that-clause usually follows an abstract noun, which is mostly a derivative from a verb or an adjective.

belief (believe), comment (comment), confidence (confident), discovery (discover), doubt (doubt), evidence (evident), fact, fear (fear), hope (hope), indication (indicate), idea, information (inform), knowledge (know), news, opinion, order (order), p
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1) The story (that I wrote) was published. --> Here, "that" is a relative pronoun referring to "the story," and it is the object of the verb "wrote." This sentence can be divided into two: The story was published. I wrote the story. ("the story" becomes "that" or "which" when this sentence becomes a suborniate clause to the main clause "The story was p
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Do you realize that you are responding to a question written a year ago?
It's not likely the people who participated in this thread at the that time are still waiting for an answer. They might not even be visiting this forum anymore.
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2)The story that (I had resigned) was published.--> Here, "that" is not the object of the verb "had resigned." In other words, we cannot say, "I had resigned the story." The sentence also can be divided into two: The story was published. I had resigned. (In the
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To me the list of Paco is quite convincing, except from 'proof'.

Because 'proof' is not an abstract concept. I mean, 'the proof that they are spies'. The proof is not 'that they are spies', but could be any document or a something very material and not abstract.

Can anyone confirm that still what follows 'proof' is second appositive?

Thanks,

Learner
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