Appositives

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Appositives involve renaming or giving more information about the subject or object, within parentheses or commas. Appositives should come immediately after the nouns they rename. My wife (Mary) is a doctor. My wife, Mary, is a doctor. His brother (who lives in New York) drives a bus. His brother, who lives in New York, drives a bus.

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The Appositive (from Grammar Bytes)

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