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	Appositive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Min Woo Lee was here In grammar, an appositive is defined as a noun phrase that generally follows, but occasionally precedes, another noun phrase and renames or describes it.
		Appositives are either restrictive, in which case they are essential to the meaning of the sentence, or non-restrictive, in which case they are not.
		The appositives in the third example above are restrictive, as it is assumed that Bill has more than one friend, and there is more than one famous singer (compare restrictive clause).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Appositive (258 words)

	GrammarGuide
		The appositive is a central component as a modifer of nouns.
		The appositive, a structure that is a noun or noun phrase which renames another structure, is identified as either nonrestrictive or restrictive.
		Therestrictive appositive is a modifier in the noun phrase whose function is to restrict the meaning of the noun.
	www.geocities.com /harleyhoney28372/guide.html (1062 words)

	Appositive Phrases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An appositive phrase is a type of noun phrase that follows the noun or pronoun it modifies and amplifies or restricts its meaning.
		Appositive phrases are similar to relative clauses; to avoid wordiness, relative clauses can often be reduced to appositive phrases.
		As with adjective phrases, punctuation with appositive phrases is determined by whether the phrases are restrictive or nonrestrictive.
	mit.imoat.net /handbook/cl-appos.htm (77 words)

	OWL at Purdue University: Appositives
		An appositive is a noun or pronoun -- often with modifiers -- set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it.
		In some cases, the noun being explained is too general without the appositive; the information is essential to the meaning of the sentence.
		Without the appositive, the sentence would be John Kennedy was known for his eloquent and traditional speeches.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/grammar/g_appos.html (470 words)

	Appositive: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		(appositives and appositive phrases are identified by italics:
		Appositives are either restrictive, EHandler: no quick summary.
		The appositives in example four are non-restrictive, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ap/appositive.htm (727 words)

	The Appositive
		An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
		The appositive can be a short or long combination of words.
		The important point to remember is that a nonessential appositive is always separated from the rest of the sentence with comma(s).
	www.chompchomp.com /terms/appositive.htm (206 words)

	Dashes
		The noun phrase Williams and Brown is functioning as an appositive in this sentence.
		Appositives give extra information, and can be separated from the rest of sentence by using commas or dashes.
		Here, commas are used to set off the appositive, creating a less distinct separation between the appositive and the rest of the sentence.
	www.auburn.edu /~piercln/Dashes.htm (607 words)

	NOUNS
		Appositive (App) - a noun or pronoun that renames another noun; An appositive is usually placed next to the noun it renames..
		When an appositive is not placed next to the noun it renames, the appositive is called a delayed appositive.
		A delayed appositive may rename "it" in some sentence constructions.
	wwwnew.towson.edu /ows/nouns.htm (463 words)

	Stimmler
		This grouping of the Old Russian appositive participle with the Modern Russian detached GP is to be expected if syntactic relations and semantic functions reduce to the modifier’s level of adjunction to the clause.
		The clausal status of the appositive participle is evident in (6) and (7), where a conjunction separates the participle from the matrix predicate.
		My study of the appositive participle construction has shown that the overt subject is overwhelmingly found in the initial clause, regardless of whether it is the matrix or subordinate clause.
	aatseel.org /program/aatseel/2000/abstract-76.html (482 words)

	The Loyal Apposition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sometimes the appositional word or phrase limits or restricts the substantive it is in apposition to.
		In this name, "the Lion-Hearted" is in apposition to "Richard," but since it is part of the name he is known by, it is treated as part of the proper name and not set off by commas.
		If the appositional element is particularly strong--that is, long and emphatic--then dashes rather than commas certainly should enclose it.
	www.grammartips.homestead.com /appositives.html (1467 words)

	Appositive Action
		Appositives are descriptive phrases, set off by commas, that modify a noun or noun phrase.
		Circle the words "my three year-old brother." Explain that an appositive describes the word that comes right before it and is set off or separated from the rest of the sentence with commas.
		Have students find a piece of their own writing, and look for a place to combine choppy sentences by using "appositive action." They can work with a partner and find one place to use an appositive in pieces of their own writing.
	www.learnnc.org /lessons/writing3162003356 (700 words)

	Cheryl Bolen
		An appositive can be located anywhere in a sentence.
		It is always set off from the rest of the sentence with one or more commas, depending on the location of the appositive.
		Be sure not to use a comma to set off descriptions which are not appositives.
	www.cherylbolen.com /commas.htm (678 words)

	Noun Appositives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The word appositive derives from a Latin word that means "placed near to" or "applied to." A noun appositive is a noun that renames the other noun nearby, most often the noun before the appositive.
		They are not a necessary part of the sentence, but noun appositive phrases add style, detail and complexity to the structure of the sentence.
		Underline all of the noun appositive phrases in the paragraph.
	home.earthlink.net /~profschreck/html/online/appositives.html (1172 words)

	Commas: With Appositive Phrases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Use commas to set off an appositive phrase (a phrase that gives additional information about a prior noun).
		If the phrase were omitted, the reader might lose some interesting details but would still be able to understand the message of the sentence.
		[appositive phrase = the oldest of five children]
	college.hmco.com /english/raimes/digitalkeys/keyshtml/commas_4.htm (72 words)

	GUM
		The appositive phrase identifies an adjacent noun or pronoun and occurs in the sentence opener, subject-ver split or sentence closer position.
		Typically, the appositive is set off by one or two commas (depending on sentence position), though in some cases one may be set off by a dash or by dashes.
		The appositive can be found in the sentence opener, subject-verb split and sentence closer positions.
	www.webbschool.com /rhood/webbworkshop/webbgum.htm (929 words)

	Practice Appositives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		appositive and combine it with the other sentence(s) to form a single sentence.
		Convert sentence 2 to an appositive and sentence 3 to a relative clause.
		Gordon Allport, a Harvard psychoologist wrote a classic work on the nature of prejudice, told a story about a child who had come to believe that people who lived in Minneapolis were called monopolists.
	www.writing.ucsb.edu /faculty/lbehrens/sentcraft/prac_app.htm (759 words)

	MyWord.info appositive
		Can be setoff with commas, dashes or parentheses.
		"Appositives can also rename nouns phrases which aren't the subject: We waited in our favorite meeting place, the pub."
		The word "appositive" with this meaning is a noun (word that shows name of a thing).
	myword.info /sendword.php?appositive_1 (185 words)

	Appositives
		Non-restrictive appositives are not essential to the meaning of the sentence.
		Restrictive appositives are essential to the meaning of the sentence.
		The firm chose Mary, vice president of public affairs, as its chief executive officer.
	grammar.uoregon.edu /appositives/appositives.html (251 words)

	Untitled Document
		An appositive is a noun that follows another noun or pronoun to identify or explain it.
		An appositive phrase consists of an appositive and its modifiers.
		If you delete the noun phrase and it changes the meaning of the sentence, then it is not an appositive.
	personal.bgsu.edu /~eoshea/lesson.htm (507 words)

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		Notice that an appositive is usually set off from the rest of the sentence by commas:
		When writing using appositives, temporarily take the appositive out of the sentence to see if the sentence still makes sense.
		Use a word or group of words from the Word Box as an appositive to complete each sentence.
	wonders.eburg.wednet.edu /Morgan/p97.htm (151 words)

	Definition of the phrase
		An appositive is a re-naming or amplification of a word that immediately precedes it.
		(An appositive, then is the opposite of an oppositive.) Frequently another kind of phrase will serve in apposition.
		My favorite teacher, a fine chess player in her own right, has won several state-level tournaments.
	ih.k12.oh.us /hsmalucci/phraseclauseactivity/definition_of_phrases.htm (672 words)

	Apposition
		When two words, clauses, or phrases stand close together and share the same part of the sentence, they are in apposition and are called appositives.
		In fact, an appositive is very much like a subject complement, only without the linking verb:
		Written by David Megginson Copyright © 1994, 1995 and 1996 by the University of Ottawa (Terms of use.)
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/apposit.html (70 words)

	Colon Punctuation Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Incorrect example My new car came equipped with: power windows, power locks, a sunroof, and a CD player.
		b) introduce an appositive at the end of a sentence.
		Example He was shocked at what he saw: his reflection
	www.mccc.edu /students/tutoring/colon.html (216 words)

	Appositive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An appositive is a noun, noun phrase, or noun clause which follows a noun or pronoun and renames or describes the noun or pronoun.
		A simple appositive is an epithet like Alexander the Great.
		We visited the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
	englishplus.com /grammar/00000022.htm (48 words)

	language
		“Appositive” in this broad sense describes fairly accurately what Anglo-Saxon scholars term “variation” in Old English poetry.
		In Old English poetry, where apposition is used so heavily, the construction often seems especially rich in implicit meaning, as the following examples from Beowulf may suggest.
		Posted by Nathan Bierma on 12/15 at 08:36 AM
	www.calvin.edu /weblogs?/language/the_poetic_appositive_in_old_english (184 words)

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