Revision as of 14:23, 2 October 2020 edit Johand199 (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 9,087 edits m Reverted edits by Arthuroliveiraclaiton (talk) (HG) (3.4.10) Tag: Rollback ← Previous edit		Revision as of 18:55, 2 October 2020 edit undo Eastwood Blues (talk \| contribs) 2 edits →‎Restrictive versus non-restrictive: I removed the conjunction "and" and replaced it with the phrase "such that". I believe this modification conveys the intended meaning of the sentence more accurately. If anyone disagrees, I invite them to correct me. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Next edit →
Line 16: <!-- linked from redirect [[Restrictive appositive]] --> A '''restrictive appositive''' provides information essential to identifying the phrase in apposition. It limits or clarifies that phrase in some crucial way, ~~and~~such that the meaning of the sentence would change if the appositive were removed. In English, restrictive appositives are not set off by [[comma (punctuation)\|comma]]s. The sentences below use restrictive appositives. Here and elsewhere in this section, the relevant phrases are marked as the ''appositive phrase''<sup>A</sup> or the ''phrase in apposition''<sup>P</sup>. * ''My friend''<sup>P</sup> ''Alice Smith''<sup>A</sup> likes jelly beans. <small>– I have many friends, but I am restricting my statement to the one named Alice Smith.</small> * He likes ''the television show''<sup>P</sup> ''The Simpsons''<sup>A</sup>. <small>– There are many television shows, and he likes that particular one.</small>

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