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The big burn, the largest wildfire in US history, killed at least 78 firefighters.

Appositive and appositive phrases:

  • An appositive is a word or group of words that sit next to one noun or pronoun.
  • It either renames or describes the words.
  • It functions as a noun and gives a new name to the noun or the pronoun that comes after it.

Types of appositive phrases:

1. Essential/ Restrictive appositive/ appositive phrases:

  • An essential/ restrictive appositive phrase/ phrase gives information that is essential about the noun or pronoun.
  • It is not separated using commas from the rest of the sentence.
  • Example: We the people of India want to get out of corruption. Here the phrase 'the people of India' is appositive and comes next to the pronoun 'we'. It gives a new name to 'we'.

2. Non-essential appositive/ appositive phrases:

  • Non-essential appositive phrases/ phrase gives information that is essential about the noun.
  • It is separated or offset using commas from the rest of the sentence. It is used along with proper nouns.
  • Example: 'Anita, the love of my life, is going back to the US tomorrow. Here the phrase ' the love of my life 'is appositive. It comes next to the proper noun Riya and gives a new name to it.

We have been given an appositive phrase 'the largest wildfire in US history.

Let us create an essential/restrictive appositive phrase using the proper noun - The big burn.

The big burn, the largest wildfire in US history, killed at least 78 firefighters.

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