单词
appositively
释义
appositivelyadverblanguagespecializeduk/??p?z.?.t?v.li/us/??pɑ?.z?.t??v.li/in anappositiveway(= having twonounsornounphrasesthat refer to the samepersonor thing):When atitleis used appositively itrequirescommas: "Thefinalbookof theseries, How To Fly, isrelativelyshort."More examples
Sometimes thesubjectof asentenceconsists of two words orphrasesthat are appositivelyconnected.
Presentparticiplescan be used appositively, as in thesentence"She was in thegarden,wateringtheflowers".
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