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→‎appositive: nouns as parenthetical or introductory phrases: straightening out difference between attributive and appositive nouns

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 ** proper nouns are capitalized
+=== noun phrase ===
+* any phrase (sentence part that does not have a subject-verb) that consists of nouns, including:
+** appositive noun phrase
+** attributive noun or "noun adjunct"
+=== apposite noun, attributive noun, or noun adjunct (noun as adjective) ===
+* a noun that acts as an adjective to describe another noun next to it
+** = "attributive" "apposite" or "noun adjunct"
+*** "attributive noun" bc it adds an "attribute" to another noun:
+**** "dog food" for "food that is for dogs"
+*** "apposite" = "in relation to"
+**** thus "apposite noun" = the noun in relation to the other next to it ("brick building")
+*** "adjunct" = "supplementary", as in supports or adds to another noun ("internet security")
+* attributive nouns can be accompanied by modifier, such as "yummy dog food"
 === appositive: nouns as parenthetical or introductory phrases ===
 * "appositive" is from Latin for "to put near"
 * = nouns that explain another noun (or pronouns)
-* = nouns that add or qualify another noun
+* = nouns that add to or qualify another noun
-** ex. "the dog food" = the kind of food that is for dogs ("dog" is acting like an adjective here)
-* appositive nouns can be with a modifier, such as "yummy dog food"
 * appositives used parenthetically:
 ** "Steve, my little brother, hates Minecraft."