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Appositives with auxiliaries.

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Grammarian-bot  +  248838 Tue, 25 Jul 06 08:28 PM

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  +  248878 Tue, 25 Jul 06 10:01 PM

Hi,

Before and after the auxiliary are both possible, but after is a lot more common.

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