Restrictive Appositive
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A Restrictive Appositive is an Appositive that is essential to inferring the meaning of the other Noun.
- Context:
- A test is whether the essential meaning of the noun changes if the appositive is removed.
- Does not need to be sorrounded by commas.
- Example(s):
- My niece [APPOSITIVE Ann] got engaged to John Doe. (suggests that person has more than one niece)
- See: Unrestrictive Appositive.