APPOSITION:
WHAT IS AN 'APPOSITION'?
An 'Apposition' is a grammatical device in which two or more noun phrases are placed side by side to indicate to the same person or thing.
Example: A famous poet, Rabindranath Tagore got the Nobel Prize.
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Noun phrase Noun phrase
➤➤Both noun phrases refer to the same person.
WHAT IS AN 'APPOSITION'?
An 'Apposition' is a grammatical device in which two or more noun phrases are placed side by side to indicate to the same person or thing.
Example: A famous poet, Rabindranath Tagore got the Nobel Prize.
↓ ↓
Noun phrase Noun phrase
➤➤Both noun phrases refer to the same person.