An appositive noun. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Lights "of many colors" shone on the pool. adverb phrase appositive phrase adjective phrase misplaced modifier. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The chilly campers huddled together "by the fire". adjective phrase appositive phrase adverb phrase misplaced modifier. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
But what of a triple appositive like fallout survival shelter?. From Wordnik.com. [A Canticle for Leibowitz]
Because the appositive is restrictive, it should NOT be set off by a comma. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
+Noun Modifier+ explanatory (appositive) explanatory of a sentence possessive. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Another case of inconsequential appositive, as was pointed out here some time ago. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: GRAMMAR AND THE PRESCRIPTIVE ATTITUDE.] Reference
I continued, “And matching commas around the appositive, after ‘details,’ which you hardly ever see.”. From Wordnik.com. [Edge] Reference
In (3b), though, they could potentially be my friends, listed as an appositive phrase, and the sentence is thus somewhat ambiguous. From Wordnik.com. [The serial, Harvard, or Oxford comma « Motivated Grammar] Reference
As predicate or appositive after expressions like jūs est, mōs est, cōnsuētūdō est; also after neuter pronouns, hōc, illud, etc. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
In the opening sentence of this piece, the title "The Great Global Warming Swindle" is clearly a restrictive or defining appositive renaming the word documentary. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
You see, it's much easier for us to write an article about something if we can sum it up with an appositive phrase: "The tea party, which is a conservative movement". From Wordnik.com. [Tea Parties: Are They Just A Whole Bunch Of Book Clubs?] Reference
A case for letting go of the familial appositive comma. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
An appositive agrees in case with the noun which it explains. From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
A dash is sometimes used alone before an appositive phrase or clause. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
That of the predicate noun or of the appositive with the noun to which it belongs (§§76, 81). From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
English What is a good sentence with an appositive and a definition using the word Hamper (v.)?. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
In the sentence below what is the appositive phrase in the pssage below and what noun that appositive identi?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
He was also a tad skeptical about Obama's proposed banking reforms (which could be seen as appositive for the City of London). From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
My modest proposal, then, is that we return to the tolerant days of yore, when these familial appositive commas were optional. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Globe -- Ideas section] Reference
In the sentence below what is the appositive phrase in the pssage below and what noun that appositive identifies or explains en Español. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Use the comma to set off appositive expression (see §29, Note. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
I tend to stick in an appositive “of course” or “obviously” whenever I’m making an elementary point. From Wordnik.com. [Cataloguing My Tics] Reference
Woodberry’s the two clauses are seen to be parallel — the latter being appositive to and explanatory of the former; while with. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley] Reference
What is an appositive?. From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
Give the rule for the agreement of an appositive. From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
21 minutes ago, -0/+1So much attention that you called it a "nonessential element of the sentence" instead of "an appositive.". From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
B) When the antecedent is an appositive; as, -- nōn longē ā Tolōsātium fīnibus absunt, quae cīvitās est in prōvinciā. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Inf. as appositive, 326; 329. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Genitive w. force of appositive, 202. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Id as appositive of clause, 247, 1, b. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Iolén, fíliam, captívam, direct object, appositive, and predicate accusative respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
"appositive" adjective, "I found the man dead" must equal "I found the man, who was dead" (or, "and he was dead"). From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
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