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A restrictive appositive provides information essential to identifying the phrase in apposition. It limits or clarifies that phrase in some crucial way, such that the meaning of the sentence would change if the appositive were removed. In English, restrictive appositives are not set off by commas. The sentences below use restrictive appositives.
'Prince of Wales' is a 'restrictive appsotive', where: "the second element limits or clarifies the foregoing one in some crucial way…In English, non-restrictive appositives are typically preceded or set off by commas, while restrictive appositives are not set off by commas." (these quotes are from the relevant wikipedia article).
As a linguist, I am quite surprised to hear about 'restrictive appositives'. AFAIK, the distinction between restrictives and non-restrictives applies to RELATIVE clauses, with appositives intersecting with the latter class. For example: The man which is standing there is cool. (restrictive relative clause) Mary, who is standing there, is pretty.
Hello all. Since having joined not long ago I've been adding commas to articles where they have been missing. These are commas that are required to set off non-restrictive appositives. Here are some examples: London, England, is the largest city in Britain. Charles, Prince of Wales, is a member of the British monarchy
(A non-restrictive appositive would be something like "Columbus, a beautiful city", I think.) The article Apposition then reads "In English, non-restrictive appositives are typically preceded or set off by commas, while restrictive appositives are not set off by commas." so thus we have "Bill's friend Alice said... but "Bill's friend, who is ...
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