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Appositive Phrases.pdf

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Use commas when the appositive adds extra<br />

information.<br />

Jean Champollion, a French scholar, deciphered the<br />

Rosetta stone.<br />

Do not use commas when the appositive is need<br />

to make the sentence clear.<br />

The French scholar Jean Champollion deciphered the<br />

Rosetta stone.<br />

Use dashes or semicolons when the appositive<br />

consists of a list.<br />

Many destructive forces-fires, tornadoes, typhoons,<br />

hurricanes, and blizzards-force neighbors to support<br />

one another.

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