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Line 2: {{distinguish\|text=[[dislocation (syntax)\|dislocation]]s, an apposition-like structure whose elements are not placed side by side\|opposition (disambiguation)}} '''Apposition''' is a [[grammatical]] construction in which two elements, normally [[noun phrase]]s, are placed side by side, ~~and~~so that one element ~~serves to identify~~identifies the other in a different way; the two elements are said to be ''in apposition''. One of the elements is called the '''appositive''', although its identification requires consideration of how the elements are used in a sentence. For example, in the two sentences below, the phrases ''Alice Smith'' and ''my sister'' are in apposition, with the appositive identified with italics:

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