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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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