Appositive An appositive is a noun that is used to give some extra information about another noun in the sentence. (there
should be commas)
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George Washington, the first president of the USA, was born in Virginia.
An appositive can be used after any noun but it is usually used after subject. An appositive may be a single noun or
it may be a noun phrase with articles, prepositions, etc. an appositive must be separated from the rest of the
setences with commas.
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The old tree, a hundread year-old oak, in front of the house is going to be cut off soon.
An appostive can be used before the subject.
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The hottest planet in the solar system, Mercury is a more 3600000miles away from the sun.
