Appositives to Change Your Blog
We write because we love it. We love the topic that we talk about, so much so in fact that we talk about it every week. Because of this fact, appositives are useful to understand so that you can successfully navigate them into your blog and express your true feelings about your topic.
Without even realizing it, you’re probably already using appositives. An appositive renames the noun proceeding it or in some cases the noun directly after it. You probably already do this without knowing it.
For example:
“Jasmine, the long legged lovely lady, is known for her pumpkin pies.”
This example tells the reader a lot. Appositives give the readers more information. In this example Jasmine is described in different terms. This gives the reader not only more information about the person in question, but also gives your writing more “oomph”.
Look at these examples (the appositives are bolded):
“My mom Carol will call me after work.”
“The cat, an animal a part of the feline family, walked down the road.”
“Alex’s car, the red junk pile in the garage, is leaking oil.”
“That big fat jerk, Ray shouldn’t be allowed to play rugby.”
Appositives describe nouns by giving more information and giving the reader something else to sink their teeth into.
What about punctuation?
With appositives, punctuation is important. If you don’t use the correct punctuation with appositives, you might end up saying something that you don’t mean or something that doesn’t make sense.
Example:
“Rosie the second grade teacher is drastically different from Rosie the gardener.”
If you use commas in this sentence then it would essentially say “Rosie is drastically different from Rosie.” The reason why you do not use commas with the appositives in this example is because you need them to understand the sentence.
Example:
“Rosie, the second grade teacher, is drastically different from Jack.”
With this example you need to use commas with the appositive because it is not essential information. With appositives, any information that you don’t really need, or just added for more information, is separated by commas.
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