apposition
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Apposition, 169; —— agreement, 169, 2; —— partitive, 169, 5; —— with voc. in nom.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Explain the terms Syntax, Ellipsis, Pleonasm, Zeugma, Pros to semainomenon, Apposition, and Convertibility, giving illustrations of each.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
A Locative may take in Apposition the Ablative of urbs or oppidum, with or without a preposition; as,— Corinthī, Achāiae urbe, or in Achāiae urbe, at Corinth, a city of Greece.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Apposition may be used, so as to convert two sentences into one.
From How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition by Abbott, Edwin Abbott
Apposition, in a grammatical sense, means something added, or names added, in order more fully to define or illustrate the sense of the first name mentioned.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
Vocabulary lists containing apposition
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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