-English Grammar Class #(12)

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-Nouns In Apposition.


Read the following sentences.


-Marlo, our captain, hit the ball.


In the sentence above, we can notice that 'Marlo' and 'our captain' are one and the same person. The Noun 'captain' is followed by the Noun 'Marlo', to explain which 'Marlo' is referred. For example, you're in a group of people or discussing where there are more than one 'Marlos', then to refer to a particular 'Marlo' among them you use 'Appositional Noun'. The word 'Apposition' means 'placing near'.


When one noun follows another to particularly describe it, the Noun which follows is said to be 'in apposition' to the Noun which comes before it. In the above sentence, the Noun 'captain' is in the apposition to the Noun 'Marlo' and also 'captain' is in the Nominative Case of Noun.


Read the following sentence now.


-I went to meet your uncle, the doctor.


In the sentence above, the Apposition Noun 'doctor' doesn't describe the Pronoun 'I'. It's describing someone else who is a doctor and used as an Objective or Accusative Case of the Noun. Therefore, the Noun in Apposition is in Objective or Accusative Case.


-Finally read the following sentence:


-Have you seen Picasso, the artist's drawings?


In the sentence above, the Apposition Noun 'artist's' is in the Possessive or Genitive Case because of its apostrophe 's' which shows possession. Therefore, the noun in apposition in the above sentence is in the Possessive or Genitive Case of a Noun.


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English Grammar Class #02

-What is a Subject and a Predicate in a grammatical language?

-Subject--------- In any grammatical language, 'Subject' is the most important part. A 'Subject' is the doer of an action or someone or something that performs on a task. A Subject could be a Noun or a Pronoun.

-Predicate-------- A 'Predicate' tells us something about an action performed by a Subject. In other words, a Predicate works as a reporter of a Subject. A Predicate contains a Verb and an Object.
Have a look at this example.
Tina forgot her cellphone at the desk.
If we break the above sentence into 'Subject' and a 'Predicate', we get:
Subject = Tina
Predicate = forgot her cellphone at the desk.
Or another example..
Angie is going to the concert tomorrow.
Here Subject is 'Angie' and the Predicate is 'is going to the concert tomorrow.'
Sometimes a Subject can be lengthy and complicated. Have a look at these following examples:
I) The noise of buses disturbed the citizens.
Here the Subject is 'The noise of buses' and the Predicate is 'disturbed the citizens.'
Or for that matter..
II) The cackling of geese saved the Rome.
Here the Subject is 'The cackling of geese' and the Predicate is 'saved the Rome.'
You can find out a Subject in a sentence by putting 'What' or 'Who' before a Predicate.
For example: 'Who' forgot her cellphone at the desk? The answer is 'Tina' which is a Subject in the previous example.
'What' saved the Rome? The answer is, 'The cackling of geese', which is a Subject in the previous example.
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