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Appositive Phrase
Appositive Phrase
Appositive Phrase
An appositive phrase is a noun or pronoun with a modifier. It is placed immediately before or immediately after a noun or pronoun that it renames or identifies.
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Bobby, his twin brother, is hours older than he.
(The appositive phrase his twin brother follows the noun Bobby that…
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Best Use of An Appositive Phrase
The New Yorker. In the most recent issue, in the article "L'Etranger":
The government, like the Knights Who Say "Ni," demanded a shrubbery, and Depardieu had declined to furnish it.
Grammar example sentences that are actually interesting/memorable
Prepositional Phrase - phrase expressing a relationship to another word
The cat-haters across the street were made of pure evil
Appositive Phrase - phrase that amplifies/describes a word immediately preceding it
The girl, an idiot, was reading Twilight
Absolute Phrase - group of words that modifies a clause as a whole
Beaming happily, she shot him in the face
Infinitive Phrase - phrase containing an infinitive that can act as an adj, adv, or noun
To watch Doctor Who is to sacrifice hours and hours of your time along with any hopes and/or dreams that you might have had of being productive
Gerund Phrase - verb phrase used as a noun phrase
Cramming at midnight may not be a good study strategy, but it is a good eating strategy
Participial Phrase - verb phrase used as an adjective phrase (taken from my earlier post)
The tired fans, having been walking around for hours, were finally rewarded when they found a TARDIS
