Appositives

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What is an appositive?

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An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames or provides additional information about another noun right beside it.

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What part of speech is an appositive typically?

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Noun.

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Identify the appositive in the sentence: 'My brother, a skilled musician, plays the guitar.'

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a skilled musician.

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What is a restrictive appositive?

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A restrictive appositive is essential to the meaning of the sentence and cannot be removed without changing the sentence's meaning.

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What is a nonrestrictive appositive?

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A nonrestrictive appositive adds extra information to the sentence but is not essential to its meaning.

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What punctuation is typically used with nonrestrictive appositives?

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Commas.

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Provide an example of a restrictive appositive.

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The author Mark Twain wrote many famous novels.

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Provide an example of a nonrestrictive appositive.

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My sister, a talented artist, painted this mural.

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What is the part of speech of a restrictive appositive?

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Proper noun.

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What is the part of speech of a nonrestrictive appositive?

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Common noun.