It is my understanding that appositive should modify the nearest noun, but at the same time, I see examples in the OG in which appositive modifies the head of the of-preposition instead of the object noun of the preposition. My question is, can an appositive modify both the object of an of-preposition and the head noun of a of-preposition? Is this one of those things that aren't set in stone?
E.g. - Tashonda's goal in life, to become an occupational therapist, is within her grasp this year, at last. - Here the appositive to become an occupational therapist is modifying goal, the noun ahead of the preposition in [See how I used an appositive in the last sentence in its conventional sense?
]What it actually modifies has to come out of the sentence in focus.
