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Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Appositives and Appositive Phrases

Are you looking for some fun and engaging ways to teach and practice appositives and appositive phrases? Check out these four articles from Elafree, a website dedicated to helping English learners and teachers. You'll find clear explanations, examples, exercises, games, and activities that will make grammar learning more enjoyable and effective. Whether you want to review the basics of appositives, play a matching game, do a scavenger hunt, or create your own sentences with appositives, you'll find something for you in these articles. Don't miss this opportunity to improve your writing skills and expand your vocabulary with appositives. Click on the links below and start learning today!

1- https://www.elafree.com/.../appositives-and-appositive...

2- https://www.elafree.com/.../engaging-grammar-game...

3- https://www.elafree.com/.../engaging-grammar-activity...

4- https://www.elafree.com/.../appositive-scavenger-hunt-a...

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[authorjoeperronejr]

The disappearing comma . . .

The disappearing comma . . .

One of the things I have noticed over the yearsis that today’s writers have an aversion to using commas.  Think about it: how often have you been reading a book when, all of a sudden, you lose track of the meaning of a sentence and have to re-read it?  It happens to me all the time.  Yes, it could be that my ADHD is partially to blame, but, more often than not, it’s usually because there wasn’t a…

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[gramrgednangel]

Let's talk about run-on sentences how do you know one when you see one?

Let’s talk about run-on sentences how do you know one when you see one?

First, know that it caused me psychological pain to type that title. It’s a run-on sentence, you see. There are two complete thoughts (“Let’s talk about run-on sentences” and “how do you know one when you see one?”), but they run together without any visual cue, without proper mechanics. The grammar is just fine. It’s the mechanics that are missing–except for that question mark at the end, and…

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[gramrgednangel]

Back to basics: commas and appositives

Back to basics: commas and appositives

I’ll bet I scared someone already with the last word in that title.

Let’s start at the beginning. This post came about because of a conversation on Twitter, begun by this tweet from Andy Bechtel (@andybechtel):

https://twitter.com/andybechtel/status/917514453318500352

I’m not agreeing with that decision, either. Nor are many folks. But there are a few who don’t understand why it’s wrong. This…

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[readtahenryauthoress]

Weekend Workshop Saturday Edition

Weekend Workshop Saturday Edition

Greetings from the Caribbean. Today I am snorkeling with my hubby and kiddo. Which works because when I saw the title of Chapter Seven from Everyday Editing by Jeff Anderson, I was totally under water. What in the world is an appositive? -Appositives add information to sentences by renaming nouns. The appositive should be next to the noun it is renaming. Appositives need commas or dashes to…

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[xghosts]

actually i use all my friends names while teaching

[luv2eatreadwrite]

P IS FOR PUNCTUATION

P IS FOR PUNCTUATION

IS FOR PUNCTUATION.

I decided to address some punctuation issues I am seeing more and more these days. It seem like writers have mastered the use of capital letters and periods. But I find many are not sure when to use commas or how to use them.

Ever since kindergarten, we learned that every sentence and proper noun begins with a capital letter. Also, we know that a period signifies that we…

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[pwnthesat]

Sinclair Lewis was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize for [literature, and this award is] not for asingle book but for all of an author's literary achievements. (A) literature, and this award is (B) literature, whose award is (C) literature, the award as being (D) literature, this award is (E) literature, an award given

You’re looking for a phrase that explains what the Nobel Prize for literature is. Since this phrase comes right after the mention of the prize, you’re looking for an appositive phrase.

(E) is the only choice that simply gives another definition for the term introduced before the comma.