Appositive
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An Appositive is a Noun or noun phrase that provides further information about another noun phrase.
- Context:
- It can be a Restrictive Appositive or a Non-restrictive Appositive.
- The two noun phrases are said to be in apposition.
- Example(s):
- My niece [APPOSITIVE Ann] is engaged to John. My other niece … (Restrictive Appositive)
- My only niece, [APPOSITIVE Ann], is engaged to John. (Non-restrictive Appositive)
- See: Restrictive Clause, Relation Detection.