-
front door. The same
phrase can be a
restrictive appositive in one
context and a non-restrictive
appositive in another: My
brotherP NathanA is here. – Restrictive:...
- a
colon after an
independent clause to
direct attention to a list, an
appositive or a quotation, and it can be used
between independent clauses if the...
- good dancer. The
phrase a
great singer, set off by commas, is both an
appositive and a parenthesis. A dog (not a cat) is an
animal that barks. The phrase...
- noun adjunct,
attributive noun,
qualifying noun, noun (pre)modifier, or
apposite noun is an
optional noun that
modifies another noun; it is a noun functioning...
- (see also:
Predicative expression,
Subject complement); or (c) as an
appositive adjective within a noun phrase, e.g. "My kids, [who are]
happy to go cruising...
- writer's
mother because it uses
punctuation identical to that used for an
appositive phrase,
leaving it
unclear whether this is a list of
three entities (1...
- subseq[uently
became a] ...
simple possessive ... or as
equivalent to an
appositive phrase ...". When they are used as
predicative expressions, as in this...
-
Awabakal (also
Awabagal or the
Hunter River – Lake Macquarie,
often abbreviated HRLM )
language is an
Australian Aboriginal language that was
spoken around...
- Aside: My father, if you don't mind me
telling you this, ate the muffin.
Appositive: My father, a
jaded and
bitter man, ate the muffin.
Absolute phrase: My...
- main clause. It can be a subject,
predicate nominative,
direct object,
appositive,
indirect object, or
object of the preposition. Some of the
English words...