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Removing modifier/appositive.....

by AsadA969 Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:28 am

Hi Instructor, if I remove the red part from the following sentence, will the sentence make sense?
Also, is the red part an Appositive in the following sentence?
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Re: Removing modifier/appositive.....

by RonPurewal Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:34 am

I Myself Wrote:Hi Instructor, if I remove the red part from the following sentence, will the sentence make sense?


it still makes sense.

this isn't the sort of thing you should have to ask someone else, by the way—you should just be able to think about whether the meaning makes sense.
(if you don't know what meaning is conveyed by some construction, then of course it makes sense to ask questions about that. in fact, that's pretty much the whole point of posting SC problems on the forum. but that doesn't seem to be the case here.)
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Re: Removing modifier/appositive.....

by RonPurewal Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:34 am

Also, is the red part an Appositive in the following sentence?


i have no idea what it is called. but this is of no importance anyway, since there is no way in which the terminology could possibly help you (and many ways in which it could impede your understanding).

if you have to use big words, then you don't understand what you're talking about.
--Douglas Osheroff, 1996 Nobel laureate in physics

examples are on your team. terminology is on the other team.
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Re: Removing modifier/appositive.....

by RonPurewal Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:35 am

...and, finally, do not post OG problems. do not post any piece or fraction of them here, please. thank you.