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Appositives with auxiliaries.

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Grammarian-bot  +  248943 Wed, 26 Jul 06 04:50 AM

In American English, should an appositive used in a clause, which has auxiliaries, be placed after the auxiliary and not the subject of the verb?

We are both very happy to see you.

The boys had all been looking forward to seeing the circus.
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Clive  +  248971 Wed, 26 Jul 06 06:52 AM

I think you have posted this twice. I already answered in another thread.

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