APPOSITIVES

Narhen Alberto Carvajal

Andrés Ricardo Lopez
Lady Velásquez
 APPOSITIVES

It is a nominal companion, a It adds information to a

My son, the
structure ( usually a Noun sentence by renaming
policeman, will
phrase) another nominal
be visiting us
next week.

It is called a NOUN IN
APPOSITION
 WHY DO WE USE APPOSITIVES ?

They create some

sentence variety in
your writing as
well.
Including some
Want to add some details would help
details to your your readers get a
writing to liven it clear mental
up? picture from your
words.
 PUNCTUATION OF APPOSITIVES

RESTRICTIVE
NONRESTRICTIVE
It is one that cannot be
the information that they
omitted from a sentence
add to a sentence is not
without affecting the Nonrestrictive
essential for the
basic meaning of the appositives are
It should not sentence to make sense
sentence. set off by
be set off by
commas or
commas
dashes.

Police officer Smith told my My brother’s bike, a dark

brother to file a report about green BMX, was stolen
his stolen bike. yesterday.
 CHOOSING WHERE TO PLACE AN
APPOSITIVE

An appositive can And an appositive can

An appositive can END a sentence:
BEGIN a sentence: BREAK UP a sentence:

A prize-winning baker, Needing money for the

Mrs. Patchett, a prize- school bake sale, the
Mrs.Patchett loves to winning baker, loves to
make pies, cakes and committee called Mrs.
make pies,cakes and Patchett, a prize-
cookies. cookies. winning baker who
loves to make pies,
cakes and cookies.
 APPOSITIVES vs ADJECTIVALS

But they are different from

The appositives add information
adjectivals in that they can
to the noun phrase, as
substitute for the nouns that they
adjectivals do.
rename.

My friend, Narhen, lived in Chimichagua

Narhen lived in Chimichagua

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