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American English Grammar
Appositive
Learning objectives
In this lesson you will learn the definition of an appositive and study examples of appositives.
Definition of an appositive
An appositive is a
noun
or
pronoun
which is alongside another
noun
or
pronoun
and explains or identifies it
An appositive often has
modifiers
An appositive is similar to a
subject complement
but without the
copula verb
Examples of appositives
My brother
the research associate
works at a large firm.
My brother is a research associate. (as a
subject complement
)
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