Appositive
17. Appositive
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Appositive RulesAppositive āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ ā§§āĻāĻŋ noun phrase / adjective phrase āϝāĻž āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ noun / noun phrase āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻā§āύ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤
ā§§. āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϝ⧠Noun-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĻā§ā§, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻāĻāĻŋ sentence-āĻāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻā§āύ āĻ āĻāĻļ āύā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ Sentence correct āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Example: My aunt, Sylvia, is going to get me a job working in her store. / Seattle, the city we visited last year gets a lot of rain. / Arundhati Roy's first book, The God of small Things, was published in 1997.
⧍. Appositive āĻŽā§āϞāϤ adjective clause āĻā§ reduce āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ adjective clause-āĻ clause marker āĻāĻŦāĻ verb āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠appositive-āĻ clause marker āĻāĻŦāĻ verb āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ Example:
Adjective Clause: Thee children, who were hungry after the long hike, ate ravenously.
Appositive: Thee children, hungry after the long hike, ate ravenously.
ā§Š. Appositive, sentence āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§āĻ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ
Witty and effervescent, she was the life of the party. / Old but sturdy, the cabin survived the hurricane. / Angry over the dirty dishes in the sink, Janet told her roommate she was leaving.
āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ Topic āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϝ question āĻāϏ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§? āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻžā§ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āĻā§āύ sentence-āĻ subject-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ appositive āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ verb āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ verb āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠appositive āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ subject āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ(,) āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϤāĻž verb āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĢā§āϞāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤