- if the
appositive were removed. In English,
restrictive appositives are not set off by commas. The
sentences below use
restrictive appositives. Here and...
- subseq[uently
became a] ...
simple possessive ... or as
equivalent to an
appositive phrase ...".
Because a
possessive is
itself a
determiner phrase, possessives...
- noun adjunct,
attributive noun,
qualifying noun, noun (pre)modifier, or
apposite noun is an
optional noun that
modifies another noun;
functioning similarly...
- An
appositive colon also
separates the
subtitle of a work from its prin****l title. (In effect, the
example given above illustrates an
appositive use...
- flag of the
Regione Siciliana in
January 2000,
after the p****ing of an
apposite regional law
which advocates its use on
public buildings,
schools and city...
- it’s what
Chhaava has been
building up to. The Christ-like
imagery is
apposite,
given the all-round love for
medieval punishment. But the film’s lack...
- writer's
mother because it uses
punctuation identical to that used for an
appositive phrase,
leaving it
unclear whether this is a list of
three entities (1...
-
adjective (see also:
Predicative expression,
Subject complement); or as an
appositive adjective within a noun phrase, e.g. "My kids, [who are]
happy to go for...
-
includes not only
prepositional phrases but also
dependent clauses,
appositives, and
other structures.
There is some
controversy regarding complex transitives...
-
legend about Dido, the
foundress of Carthage, as
related by
Trogus is
apposite. Her
refusal to wed the
Mauritani chieftain Hiarbus might be indicative...
