An Appositive is a noun or a pronoun added to another noun or pronoun without a connecting word and representing the same subject of thought. An appositive is used to classify, or identify, or merely in repetition.

Later you will find groups of words used as appositives.

Exercise 122

Select and describe the appositives.

1. She has lost her ring, a gift from her mother.

2. Mr. Adams, our lawyer, advised this course.

3. We all enjoyed the concert.

4. Is that Mr. Smith, the architect?

5. They spoke to each other. (They, each, spoke to the other. Notice that the pronoun they represents two persons considered together, while each represents them considered separately).

6. They helped one another with the work.

7. The foreman praised us boys.

8. I saw her myself.

9. Many sorts of fruit are raised here, - peaches, apples, grapes, pears, and cherries.

10. We girls helped.

11. They elected Mr. Brown, the lawyer, chairman.

12. William the Conqueror was the first Norman king of England.

13. The selection of the main color of a house depends upon a number of things, - the style of the house, the natural surroundings, the colors of the adjacent buildings, and the preference of the owner.

14. A barking cry the shepherd hears; A cry as of a dog or fox.

15. Stanch friends are we, well tried and true, The little sandpiper and I.

16. The red squirrel is a true American; he has nearly all the national traits, - nervous energy, quickness, resourcefulness, pert-ness not to say impudence, and conceit.

17. Brisk wielder of the birch and rule, The master of the village school, Held at the fire his favored place.

18. All at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils.