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Miss Costantini
English 1 and 3
Phrases – 2
Remember
A phrase is a group of words that acts
as a unit
A phrase DOES NOT have a subject and
a verb
Phrases - 2
These are the four categories of
phrases that we are studying:
Prepositional phrases
Appositive phrases
Verbal phrases
Absolute phrases
Phrases – 2
We have already looked at prepositional
phrases.
essential appositives
or
nonessential appositives
Appositive Phrases
An essential appositive provides
information that is necessary to the
meaning of the sentence
No comma is used to separate it
from the rest of the sentence.
Appositive Phrases
What is the essential appositive in this
sentence?