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Appositives: Appositives Should Not Be Confused With Predicate Nominatives. A Verb Will Separate The Subject

The document defines an appositive as a word or phrase that identifies or renames a noun or pronoun. Appositives are set off by commas unless closely tied to the word they identify. The document provides examples of appositives and notes that appositives can follow nouns or pronouns as subjects, direct objects, or predicate nominatives. It then provides examples sentences and asks the reader to identify the appositives and state whether they are appositives to subjects, direct objects, or predicate nominatives.

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Appositives: Appositives Should Not Be Confused With Predicate Nominatives. A Verb Will Separate The Subject

The document defines an appositive as a word or phrase that identifies or renames a noun or pronoun. Appositives are set off by commas unless closely tied to the word they identify. The document provides examples of appositives and notes that appositives can follow nouns or pronouns as subjects, direct objects, or predicate nominatives. It then provides examples sentences and asks the reader to identify the appositives and state whether they are appositives to subjects, direct objects, or predicate nominatives.

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Appositives

An appositive is a word or group of words that identifies or renames the noun or pronoun that it
follows. It is set off by commas unless closely tied to the word that it identifies or renames.
("Closely tied" means that it is needed to identify the word.) Examples: My son Carl is a
medical technician. (no commas) Badger, our dog with a missing leg, has a love for cats.
(commas needed)

Appositives should not be confused with predicate nominatives. A verb will separate the subject
from the predicate nominative. An appositive can follow any noun or pronoun including the
subject, direct object, or predicate nominative.

Instructions: Identify the appositives in the following sentences and tell whether they are
appositives to subjects, direct objects, or predicate nominatives.

1. The neighbor boys, the twins, were excellent baseball players.

2. The girl in the red dress is Sarah, our best actress.

3. Have you read Brothers, a book by Dean Hughes?

4. There goes Grant Long, the electrical contractor.

5. My friend, Matt Matson, collects lost hubcaps.

Answers:

1. twins = appositive to the subject, boys

2. actress = appositive to the predicate nominative, Sarah

3. book = appositive to the direct object, Brothers

4. contractor = appositive to the subject, Grant Long

5. Matt Matson = appositive to the subject, friend


Appositives should not be confused with predicate nominatives. A verb will separate the subject
from the predicate nominative. An appositive can follow any noun or pronoun including the
subject, direct object, or predicate nominative.

Instructions: Identify the appositives in the following sentences and tell whether they are
appositives to subjects, direct objects, or predicate nominatives.

1. My brother Bill has a cabin in the mountains.

2. Friday, my birthday, will be the thirteenth.

3. Hopping on the fence was a rare bird, the cedar waxwing.

4. This is Fred, an old roommate of mine.

5. Have you seen my car, an old Rambler.

Answers:

1. Bill = appositive to subject, brother

2. birthday = appositive to subject, Friday

3. cedar waxwing = appositive to subject, bird

4. roommate = appositive to predicate nominative, Fred

5. Rambler = appositive to direct object, car

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