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Appositives in the sentence

English Language & Usage Asked on December 29, 2020

Where is the appositive in this sentence?

Each bottle had its own tight seal cork and wire.

2 Answers

In a comment, BillJ wrote:

There is no appositive modifier in your example. Compare "We went to see the opera Carmen", where the noun "Carmen" is an appositive modifier of the noun "opera".

Answered by tchrist on December 29, 2020

As Aml said in a comment, there is supposed to be a comma after "seal":

Each bottle had its own tight seal, cork and wire.

and the apposition/appositive is supposed to be "cork and wire". You can see the sentence given, with a comma and with "seal" circled and "cork and wine" underlined, in the following powerpoint: https://www.wtps.org/cms/lib/NJ01912980/Centricity/Domain/1135/nouns%207th%20grade.pptx

Answered by herisson on December 29, 2020

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