English Grammar

Case in Apposition

Read the following sentences.

Alice, my sister, is a journalist.
They called John, the doctor.

Here the nouns Alice and my sister refer to the same person. Similarly, the nouns John and the doctor refer to the same person. When a noun follows another noun or pronoun denoting the same person, it is said to be in Case in apposition to the noun or pronoun coming before it.

Here the noun my sister is case in apposition to the noun Alice. Similarly, the noun doctor is case in apposition to the noun John.

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