College Composition / Unit 7 CMP 0159 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Appositives
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The idea
An appositive is a noun phrase that renames the noun beside it, and it follows the same essential and nonessential rule.
In practice
"Diana Wong, the clinic's director, spoke first" sets off a nonessential appositive; "the expert Stacy James" needs no commas, because the name identifies which expert.
Where people slip
A title before a name is usually essential; a description after a name is usually not.
Your place on the trail
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