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ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR (UNIT #14)
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APPOSITIVE PHRASES
DEFINITION: An APPOSITIVE is a noun or a pronoun which usually follows another noun or pronoun and
RESTATES it to help identify or explain it. When the appositive has modifiers, it is called an APPOSITIVE
PHRASE.
EXAMPLE: Jimmy, a star athlete, will surely get a scholarship to college.
“a star athlete” restates who Jimmy is. It is an appositive phrase.
Occasionally, the appositive or appositive phrase comes in front of the noun being restated.
EXAMPLE: A man of integrity, Mr. Aldritch never cheats anyone.
THE PATTERN FOR DIAGRAMING AN APPOSITIVE PHRASE IS BELOW:
noun or pronoun (appositive)
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EXAMPLE: adj
adj n
art n
pp art n
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pp
Our honored guest, the author ( of the book), is a friend (of
—pn—
adj n
Mr. Williams, our mayor.)
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