appositive
Use Appositive in a sentence
ɪ noun
1.
a word or phrase in apposition.
adjective
2.
placed in apposition.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | grammar |
| a. standing in apposition | |
| b. another word for nonrestrictive | |
| 2. | of or relating to apposition |
| —n | |
| 3. | an appositive word or phrase |
| ap'positively | |
| —adv | |
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Appositive
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Example sentences
Another dangling construction, this time with an appositive.
The opening appositive phrase in the first sentence is a dangler.
They understood the modified predicate and compound appositive.
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