Appositive and Appositive Phrases in English

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In this lesson, we are going to learn what is an Appositive, what is an Appositive phrase, what does it do in a sentence, how to punctuate it, and many more interesting things.
What is an Appositive?
An appositive is a word or a group of words that sits next to a noun or pronoun and either renames it. It functions as a noun and gives a new name to the noun or pronoun it comes after.
Examples:
• Riya, the love of my life, is going to London next week.
Appositive phrase : the love of my life
• We the people of this country want to get rid of corruption.
the people of this country : Appositive phrase
What is an appositive phrase?
An Appositive phrase is a group of words, more than one, that has an appositive (noun) and words that modify it.
Types of Appositive/Appositive phrases
1. Essential Appositive/Appositive phrase
2. Non-Essential Appositive/Appositive phrase
An essential or restrictive Appositive/Appositive phrase gives information that is essential/important to identify the noun or pronoun. It is not separated with the rest of the sentence using commas.
A non-essential or non - restrictive Appositive or Appositive phrase gives extra information that is not necessary to identify the noun or pronoun. And it is separated with the rest of the sentence using commas before and after it.
Examples of essential Appositive phrases:-
1. My friend Mangesh Kumar Bhardwaj helps.e with everything I do.
Mangesh Kumar Bhardwaj : Appositive phrase
2. Actor Dwayne Johnson the rock recently got married again.
Dwayne Johnson The Rock : Appositive phrase
3. Her roommate Sofia Charles does not talk to people politely.
Sofia Charles : Appositive phrase
Examples of non-essential appositive phrases
1. Alex, his head teacher of the school, is very strict.
His head teacher of the school : Appositive phrase
2. Last night, I got a chance to meet Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India.
The Prime Minister of India : Narendra Modi
3. Justin Bieber, a very famous singer, has a lot of haters.
A very famous singer : Justin Bieber
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All connections, wherever necessary, will be removed. Sir, what is (wherever necessary) in it? Is it a appositive phrase

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That's not an appositive phrase, my friend. An appositive or appositive phrase renames a noun that comes before it. In your sentence, "whenever necessary" does give information about the subject but doesn't rename it. I'd rather call it an absolute phrase.

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Thanks for the great video. I have a question that when appositive phrase comes at the beginning we always offset it with comma? Or the rule of essential and non essential information applies here. Refer to 14:56 min of this video Is this sentence correct is case I have two young sister -My younger sister JYOTI is passionate about English.

[@EnglishWithAshish]

We have to look at if the appositive is essential or nonessential. A nonessential appositive or any information is offset using commas. In the example, 'my younger sister ' is not specifying the person, and Jyoti (appositive) is a specific name. That's why we haven't used commas to offset it as it's essential.

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@@EnglishWithAshish @English With Ashish Thanks for replying!! Referring to the example given in video at 14:56 min, "My younger sister, JYOTI is passionate about English" here comma is used before Jyoti my only query is can I remove the comma in case I have two younger sister.

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Sir, in 'we the people of this country want to get rid of corruption' the appositive phrase is mandatory but I feel like it wouldn't make sense without parenthesis. So when it comes to essential appositives do we not put commas even if it doesn't make sense. I am a regular commentator on your YT channel for my doubts but I do hope you are not getting annoyed with me. Please clarify.

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What is the difference between the appositive and the appositive phases ?

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An appositive is just a noun, and an appositive phrase is a noun phrase.

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Sir aapne bataya nhi ki given sentences kaise adjective clause hai?sir plzz bataiye 1.It is feared that he will not come. 2.It was unfortunate that you were absent.

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Because the clauses are giving details about the adjectives they are coming after. I had explained it already, Aarti. Ask yourself, unfortunate kyu... Kyuki aap absent the.. it's giving information about the adjective (unfortunate)

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These are adjective clauses, giving information about the adjective they are coming after. Hope it helps! 🌸

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We can say the essential phrase as a positive phrase

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It is therefore likely that a cache of newly discovered arrowheads, narrower than any previously found in the region, indicates a Shenks Ferry settlement. Sir a have two questions regarding this aforementioned sentence: 1. "That a cache of newly discovered arrowheads" is a noun clause? Plz explain.. 2" narrower than any previously found in the region " is an appositive? Plz. Let me know sir.

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1. It's a noun phrase, not a clause. It only has the conjunction THAT and its subject. 2. It's an adjective phrase, modifying the noun ARROWHEADS.

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We know that in essential appositive phrase we don't use a comma, right? So why did you used a comma in the sentence with an essential appositive phrase? The sentence with your punctuation is: My younger sister, Jyoti is passionate about English. But I think this sentence won't be with any comma. Please clarify this issue.

[@EnglishWithAshish]

Yes, Fawzia. You're right. Let me check this and get back to you.

[@EnglishWithAshish]

Apologies for the late reply! Please watch the video carefully as I just did. When I took that example, I didn't say it is an essential appositive phrase. I was focusing on the position of the appositive in there. Hope the explanation HELPS! :)

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Bodies, heavy with fatigueof travl, can not gain lodging in motels It is appositive phrase or adje phrase in commas

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Adjective phrase An appositive phrase is always a noun phrase, and this is not.

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I gave it to a youth, kind of boy, nohigher than.. Is ma kind of boy noun in apposition ha?

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Why can't we call appositive as Adjective or adjective phases? Cause it's modifying The subject (noun/pronoun)

[@EnglishWithAshish]

It is. This name is given because of it sitting next to the subject (the noun). In grammar, we give names to topics based on different things, not always related to its functionality. A Participle phrase is a good example. Why do we just not call them adjective phrases or adverb phrases instead? Because of it starting with a certain word: participle.

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We can't make a clause work as an appositive. It can only be a word or a phrase.

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Please describe noun phrase in obsolute case

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Please change 'relation' to 'religion' in example about cricket.

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Hello sir, In your example: Alex, his head teacher of the school, is very strict. You said if you know Alex you're in a no need for the extra info if you don't know which Alex I am talking about the extra info(his head teacher of the school) won't help you to know him. Let's say that I know two people who are named Alex, and you talk to me about one of them, I say ' I don't know which Alex you mean, you say ' your head teacher of the school', after knowing this info I can tell which Alex you mean.

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Still, Alex is already a proper noun. You knowing or not knowing him will not change this fact. India is a proper noun. But you don't expect everyone to know it.

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@@EnglishWithAshish so since it's a proper whatever phrase that comes and renames/describes its considered an non essential appositive.

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