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* nouns = people, places things, act as subjects or objects
* nouns = people, places things, act as subjects or objects
** proper nouns are capitalized
** proper nouns are capitalized
=== 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
** 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."
*** "my little brother" = appositive, as it identifies, in a parenthetical form, who Steve is
** note the commas:
*** commas set aside appositives / appositive phrases when the information is parenthetical, i.e.
** the appositive is not necessary for the sentence to make sense
** so, like an adjective, it acts as additional information only
** SAT Writing will typically use appositives regarding the profession or title of a person
*** and will exclude one of or delete the necessary commas in wrong answers:
Click EXPAND to see example from CB practice test 1, question 15:
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<pre>But Jason [15] [Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State] believes that another factor added to the early thaw; the “dark snow” problem.
A) Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State [NO CHANGE]
B) Box an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
C) Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
D) Box, an associate professor of geology, at Ohio State
</pre>
* the correct answer C) places the commas around the appositive phrase, "Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State," thus correctly adding that non-essential, parenthetical information, separated by commas
** note that "Jason Box" is the subject of the verb "believes"
</div>
* appositives without commas
** = "essential appositive"
** commas are not used when the appositive is necessary for the sentence to make sense
** ex.: "My little brother Steve hates Minecraft"
*** the subject is "Steve"
*** "my little brother" is the appositive, i.e., it describes who Steve is, only directly, not parenthetically
* appositives as introductory phrases:
** "A little brat, my brother Steve hates Minecraft"
** "An expert gamer, my other brother John loves Minecraft"
*** these phrases are not essential for the sentence to make sense
* See:
**[http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/appositive.htm  The Appositive: Recognize an appositive when you find one (chompchomp.com)]
=== consecutive nouns ===
* nouns that are next to one another in a sentence can be doing one of several things:
*# making a list, if separated by commas
*#* ex. "Tom, Joe & Buck went hunting, fishing, and hiking."
*#** the nouns are multiple subjects and objects separated by commas
*# indicating possession if the first noun has an apostrophe and there is no punctuation separating them
*#* ex. "the dog's food"
*# acting as distinct Indirect and Direct Objects, if not separated by punctuation
*#* ex. "The owner gave the dogs food"
*#** dogs = Indirect Object (it is the recipient of the action but not the "direct" result of the action itself)
*#** food = Direct Object (it is the direct result of the action)
*#*** i.e. the owner gave "food" (DO) to the dogs (IO)
* # the first noun acting as an adjective, if not separated by punctuation and if the 1st noun is singular
*#* ex. "dog food"
*#** dog = a noun that describes, as an adjective, what kind of food it is


=== noun modifying another noun (attributive noun) ===
=== noun modifying another noun (attributive noun) ===
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=== 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
** 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."
*** "my little brother" = appositive, as it identifies, in a parenthetical form, who Steve is
** note the commas:
*** commas set aside appositives / appositive phrases when the information is parenthetical, i.e.
** the appositive is not necessary for the sentence to make sense
** so, like an adjective, it acts as additional information only
** SAT Writing will typically use appositives regarding the profession or title of a person
*** and will exclude one of or delete the necessary commas in wrong answers:
Click EXPAND to see example from CB practice test 1, question 15:
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<pre>But Jason [15] [Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State] believes that another factor added to the early thaw; the “dark snow” problem.
A) Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State [NO CHANGE]
B) Box an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
C) Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
D) Box, an associate professor of geology, at Ohio State
</pre>
* the correct answer C) places the commas around the appositive phrase, "Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State," thus correctly adding that non-essential, parenthetical information, separated by commas
** note that "Jason Box" is the subject of the verb "believes"
</div>
* appositives without commas
** = "essential appositive"
** commas are not used when the appositive is necessary for the sentence to make sense
** ex.: "My little brother Steve hates Minecraft"
*** the subject is "Steve"
*** "my little brother" is the appositive, i.e., it describes who Steve is, only directly, not parenthetically
* appositives as introductory phrases:
** "A little brat, my brother Steve hates Minecraft"
** "An expert gamer, my other brother John loves Minecraft"
*** these phrases are not essential for the sentence to make sense
* See:
**[http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/appositive.htm  The Appositive: Recognize an appositive when you find one (chompchomp.com)]


=== Verb ===
== Verb ==
* verbs are the center of a sentence
* verbs are the center of a sentence
* verbs also act as descriptors to add information to a sentence
* verbs also act as descriptors to add information to a sentence
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