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{{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 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.
 
For example, in these sentences, the phrases ''Alice Smith'' and ''my sister'' are in apposition, with the appositive identified with italics:
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* Alice Smith, ''my sister'', likes jelly beans.
 
Traditionally, appositions were called by their [[Latin]] name ''appositio'', derived from the Latin ''ad'' ("near") and ''positio'' ("placement"), althoughalthoughmm the English form is now more commonly mk, used.
 
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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".
 
==Restrictive versus non-restrictive==