Adding information with appositives and setting it off with commas, dashes or brackets. · about 13 minutes
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What is it? An appositive is a noun phrase placed next to another noun to rename or explain it: My brother, a doctor, lives in Pune. Parenthesis is extra information inserted into a sentence and set off with commas, dashes or brackets.
Why does it matter? These devices let you add detail smoothly and punctuate it correctly - important in essays and formal writing.
Where do we use it? "Delhi, the capital of India, is crowded." "The film - a thriller - was long." "My cousin (who is a pilot) visited."
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