TAILIEUCHUNG - The complete idiot guide part 17

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the complete idiot guide part 17', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter II Phrases Prime-Time Players 143 Confusing Do you know my friend Bill Is Bill the friend or is the speaker talking to Bill Clear Do you know my friend Bill Appositive Phrases Appositive phrases are nouns or pronouns with modifiers. Appositive phrases provide additional information and description to the sentence. As with solitary appositives appositive phrases are placed near the noun or pronoun they describe. For example Columbia University the second-largest landowner in New York City after the Catholic Church is part of the Ivy League. David Prowse the guy in the Darth Vader suit in the Star Wars movies did not find out that his lines were going to be You Could Look It Up Appositive phrases are nouns or pronouns with modifiers. In grammar lingo nonessential appositives are called nonrestric-tive. dubbed over by James Earl Jones until ----------------------------------------------- he saw the screening of the movie. Appositives are great stylistic devices because they allow you to eliminate unnecessary words and put more information in one sentence. They can also help you . Create more graceful sentences. Eliminate repetition. Create a beat or rhythm in your writing. Make your writing more interesting. Here s an example Two sentences Phineas T. Barnum was a great American showman. Barnum was near death in 1891 when a New York newspaper asked if he d like to have his obituary published while he could still read it. One sentence Phineas T. Barnum a great American showman was near death in 1891 when a New York newspaper asked if he d like to have his obituary published while he could still read it. More on this and other stylistic devices in Part 5. IMt Part Usage and Abusage The Moment of Truth As with appositives appositive phrases come in two varieties essential and nonessential. Don t set off essential appositives with commas but be sure to set off nonessential appositives with commas. Danger Will Robinson Don t set off essential appositives with .

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