Appositives

Appositives

  • An appositive is a word or phrase made of a noun or pronoun and its modifiers.
  • It’s placed directly next to another noun or pronoun it’s describing.
  • The purpose of an appositive is to provide more information about a noun in a sentence.
  • Appositives should be enclosed in commas.
  • Example of an appositive: Bill, the computer scientist, worked from home every Thursday.