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An appositive should be separated from the sentence by what?

Whats appositive?

What do you stay fucused on in order to decide subject/verb agreement?

A singular subject takes a ______ verb?

Answer 1

An appositive is written in parentheses, next to the word it describes.

Answer 2

-- 1.Apposition often results when the verbs (particularly verbs of being) in supporting clauses are eliminated to produce shorter descriptive phrases. This makes them often function as hyperbatons, or figures of disorder, because they can disrupt the flow of a sentence. For example in the phrase: "My wife, a nurse by training,...," it is necessary to pause before the parenthetical modification "a nurse by training."

2.Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other. When this device is used, the two elements are said to be in apposition. For example in the phrase "my friend Alice" the name "Alice" is in apposition to "my friend".

3.In a non-restrictive appositive, the second element parenthetically modifies the first without changing its scope. Non-restrictive appositives are not crucial to the meaning of the sentence. In a restrictive appositive, the second element limits or clarifies the foregoing one in some crucial way. For example in the phrase "my friend Alice," Alice specifies to which friend the speaker is referring and is therefore restrictive. On the other hand, in the above example: "my wife, a nurse by training,...," the parenthetical "a nurse by training" does not narrow down the subject, but rather provides additional information about the first element, namely, "my wife." While a non-restrictive appositive must be preceded or set off by commas, a restrictive appositive is not set off by commas.

Hope this helps.,

Answer 3

An appositive should be separated from the sentence by a pair of commas when the appositive is nonessential.

An appositive is a word that follows a noun and explains or identifies that noun.

**Example: The girl, with the blond hair, is pretty. With the blond hair is an appositive describing girl.

For subject verb agreement, I do what sounds best. On some of them though, I go back to the rules and get it right 95% of the time.

A singular subject takes a singular verb. Plural subjects take plural verbs.

I hope this helps you.