1. Appositives by Lori Richards

2. Objectives The learner will : Define an appositive. Describe the difference between restrictive and nonrestrictive appositives. Use restrictive and nonrestrictive appositives in sentences effectively, employing the proper punctuation.

3. An Appositive Is: a noun or noun phrase that renames or describes another noun right beside it. For example: My father ’ s name is Doug. He is an avid hunter. My father,Doug, is an avid hunter.

4. An Appositive Is: often set off by commas or dashes. For example: Two of my friends, Mary and Dylan, are on the same soccer team. The girls ’ birthdays – Elizabeth ’ s in November, Catherine ’ s in September, and Veronica ’ s in February – all fall at the same point in the month.

5. An Appositive Is: often introduced by namely, for example, that is, i.e., or e.g. For example: The winter months, for example, January and February, are the coldest. Any subject in the humanities – for example, literature or history – can be used to teach writing skills and research techniques.

6. More Appositive Examples: The landscaper, Samuel, just bought a new riding lawnmower. My sister, the teacher, just became a mother. Many trees, for example, oaks and elms, lose their trees in the fall. Only one person – namely, my mother – has the ability to calm me down.

7. Identifying Appositives: My brother, the research associate, works at a large polling firm. I have never met the magistrate, Jean. A white-tailed deer the most magnificent animal I had ever seen was cautiously edging toward a babbling brook. Books that is old library books have the greatest smell to them.

8. Nonrestrictive and Restrictive: Nonrestrictive Appositives : add non-defining, unnecessary information. are set off by commas or dashes. Restrictive Appositives: Limits the noun it is in apposition to. cannot be omitted from a sentence without affecting its the basic meaning. A restrictive appositive should not be set off by commas.

9. Nonrestrictive vs. Restrictive John Boy ’ s oldest sister, Mary Ellen, became a nurse. My other brother, Bill, lives in Ohio. Stephen King ’ s books, for example, Carrie and Cujo, are scary. John Boy ’ s sister Mary Ellen became a nurse. My brother Pat lives in Arizona. Stephen King ’ s book Cujo is scary.

10. Nonrestrictive or Restrictive? My sister Linda is even smarter than I am. M.T. Anderson ’ s latest series Octavian Nothing was a great success. My son has attended a performance of Shakespeare ’ s tragedy Hamlet. This is Bob my college roommate ’ s youngest brother.