Appositives

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by shekhar.kataria » Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:00 pm

Hi All

My Doubt is regarding the usage of Appositives,

Appositives are noun or noun phrases, which modify another noun/ noun phrases. However in one of the MGMAT SC, the correct sentense is not following this rule.

Though it is now universally accepted that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person - a fact that was once considered questionable - he is still suspected, by some, of not having written all of the works attributed to him.

This is the correct sentence and yet here "" the fact"" refers back to the whole clause "though it is .... person."

Correct me if i am wrong in my understanding.

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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:46 pm

shekhar.kataria wrote:Hi All

My Doubt is regarding the usage of Appositives,

Appositives are noun or noun phrases, which modify another noun/ noun phrases. However in one of the MGMAT SC, the correct sentense is not following this rule.

Though it is now universally accepted that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person - a fact that was once considered questionable - he is still suspected, by some, of not having written all of the works attributed to him.
This is the correct sentence and yet here "" the fact"" refers back to the whole clause "though it is .... person."

Correct me if i am wrong in my understanding.

THAT + clause = NOUN CLAUSE.

Here, a fact is in apposition to that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person (the preceding NOUN CLAUSE).
If we reverse the order:
THAT William Shakespears was a real, historical person is a FACT that was once considered questionable.

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by shekhar.kataria » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:08 pm

Thanks Mitch for the quick response.

SO, you mean we can modify a NOUN CLAUSE with a appositive. Till your response i thought that an appositive can only modify another noun or noun modifier but not a noun clause.

Am i right in decoding what you meant in your above post ???

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shekhar.kataria wrote:Hi All

My Doubt is regarding the usage of Appositives,

Appositives are noun or noun phrases, which modify another noun/ noun phrases. However in one of the MGMAT SC, the correct sentense is not following this rule.

Though it is now universally accepted that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person - a fact that was once considered questionable - he is still suspected, by some, of not having written all of the works attributed to him.
This is the correct sentence and yet here "" the fact"" refers back to the whole clause "though it is .... person."

Correct me if i am wrong in my understanding.
THAT + clause = NOUN CLAUSE.

Here, a fact is in apposition to that William Shakespeare was a real, historical person (the preceding NOUN CLAUSE).
If we reverse the order:
THAT William Shakespears was a real, historical person is a FACT that was once considered questionable.

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by shekhar.kataria » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:17 pm

Thanks Mitch. Its confirmed.

Got the wonderful link from egmat explaining exactly..

For anyone who wishes to learn about Appositves . Read This https://e-gmat.com/blogs/?p=584

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