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** root '''''posit''''' = is from Latin ''ponere'' for "to place", i.e., "in position"
** root '''''posit''''' = is from Latin ''ponere'' for "to place", i.e., "in position"
** suffix -'''''ive''''' makes an adjective (from a verb)
** suffix -'''''ive''''' makes an adjective (from a verb)
* "apposotion" = "next to," "set beside," "by way of explanation"
* the '''appositive phrase''' is two or more words that are next to another word in order to clarify, define, or identify it
* the '''appositive phrase''' is two or more words that are next to another word in order to clarify, define, or identify it
** note: a phrase is two or more words that does not contain a subject-verb
** note: a phrase is two or more words that does not contain a subject-verb