Appositive+phrase

=Appositives and Appositive Phrases=

An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The appositive can be a short or long combination of words. Look at these examples:
 * The insect, __a cockroach __, is crawling across the kitchen table.
 * The insect, __a large cockroach __, is crawling across the kitchen table.
 * The insect, __a large cockroach with hairy legs __, is crawling across the kitchen table.
 * The insect, __a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal __, is crawling across the kitchen table.

Here are more examples:
 * During the dinner conversation, Clifford, __the messiest eater at the table __, spewed mashed potatoes like an erupting volcano.
 * My 286 computer, __a modern-day dinosaur __, chews floppy disks as noisily as my brother does peanut brittle.
 * Genette's bedroom desk, __ the biggest disaster area in the house __, is a collection of overdue library books, dirty plates, computer components, old mail, cat hair, and empty potato chip bags.
 * Reliable, __Diane's eleven-year-old beagle __, chews holes in the living room carpeting as if he were still a puppy.

When the appositive //begins// the sentence, it looks like this:

 * ====__A hot-tempered tennis player__, Robbie charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.====

When the appositive //interrupts// the sentence, it looks like this:

 * ====Robbie, __a hot-tempered tennis player__, charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.====

And when the appositive //ends// the sentence, it looks like this:

 * ====Upset by the bad call, the crowd cheered Robbie, __a hot-tempered tennis player who charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket__. ====

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