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→top: Change the word "appositions" to "appositives" in the sentence starting with the adverb "Traditionally". When the word "apposition" is used, it is typically in a prepositional phrase such as "in apposition", and [hence] it is a "mass" noun (= an "uncountable" noun), which is not suitable for being "pluralized" by adding a suffix such as the letter "s". The correct use of the countable noun "appositive" (singular or plural, without or with an "s"), is introduced earlier in this article. |
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{{Short description|Modifying noun phrases by placing them next to each other}}
{{about|the grammatical construction}} {{distinguish|text=[[dislocation (syntax)|dislocation]]s, an apposition-like structure whose elements are not placed side by side|opposition (disambiguation)}}
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'''Apposition''' is a [[grammatical]] construction in which two elements, normally [[noun phrases]], are placed side by side so one element identifies the other in a different way. The two elements are said to be ''in apposition'', and one of the elements is called the '''appositive''', but its identification requires consideration of how the elements are used in a sentence.
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* Alice Smith, ''my sister'', likes jelly beans.
Traditionally,
Apposition is a figure of speech of the [[scheme (linguistics)|scheme]] type and often results when the verbs (particularly verbs of being) in supporting clauses are eliminated to produce shorter descriptive phrases. That makes them often function as [[hyperbaton]]s, or figures of disorder, because they can disrupt the flow of a sentence. For example, in the phrase: "My wife, a surgeon by training,...", it is necessary to pause before the parenthetical modification "a surgeon by training".
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* ''My brother''<sup>P</sup> ''Nathan''<sup>A</sup> is here. <small>– Restrictive: I have several brothers, and the one named Nathan is here.</small>
* ''My brother''<sup>P</sup>, ''Nathan''<sup>A</sup>, is here. <small>– Non-restrictive: I have only one brother and, as an aside, his name is Nathan.</small>
If there is any doubt that the appositive is non-restrictive, it is safer to use the restrictive punctuation.{{
A [[relative clause]] is not always an appositive.
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==Examples==
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* [[Purdue OWL]]: [https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/596/01/ Appositives]
* [https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-540-74628-7_38 Appositions Versus Double Subject Sentences – What Information the Speech Analysis Brings to a Grammar Debate]
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