Word of the Day: APPOSITIVE
Nearby noun phrase
appositive (noun) - a noun or noun phrase that modifies another noun or pronoun [uh-poz-i-tiv]
BREAKDOWN: A- (to) + POS- (put) + SIT- (position) + -IVE (pertaining to)
appositive as an adjective means placed side-by-side
apposite means fitting, suitable, or appropriate
appose is to put or apply one thing to another; to arrange things side by side
See also: composure, depose, indispose, juxtaposition, predispose, posit, repose, transpose
“Take any noun, put it with any verb, and you have a sentence. It never fails... Strunk and White caution against too many simple sentences in a row, but simple sentences provide a path you can follow when you fear getting lost in the tangles of rhetoric—all those restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses, those modifying phrases, those appositives and compound-complex sentences.” —Stephen King
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