The point of appositive construction is to eliminate words from the sentence, not add them. Appositives are normally two nouns, both meaning the same thing, placed in apposition. For example, "Scott's book Ivanhoe ...., " or,

2. With regard to your second question, 'being driven' here is just a reduced form of which was driven. 'Being' is often omitted in these kinds of constructions. 'Being driven' here is just a reduced form of

thanks dimsumexpress, what is the fault with each of these passages? a) With powerful wings , he flew like a lion to the rescue of his friend. This sentence contains a misconceived metahoric construction, "like a lion.." but

It is perfectly acceptable to say: There was a crowd of people, both young and old, ... But one should place an asterisk before the following: *There was a crowd of people who were both young and old . <postpositive vs.

Many grammarians say that it is impossible to determine definitively whether these kinds of structures are adverbial or adjectival. Moreover, they don't even agree whether the structure is a phrase or a clause. Traditional grammar says

what is your opinion on "feeling thirsty and hungry , I got up to the kitchen to get something to eat"? Is the bold part adverbial (which was my understanding) or adjectival? Many grammarians say that it is impossible to determine

Yes, and it is still a compound appositive adjective. I am not familiar with any 'which is' rule; where did you find it? I read somewhere that an appositive is simply a relative clause without the relative pronoun and the

I've been taught that a participle is always an adjective? Is this true? No. A participle can be part of a verb phrase. The past participle is always used to form the perfect tenses, for example, have gone , has seen , had done , etc. And the

I've been taught that a participle is always an adjective? Is this true? Specifically, I'd like examples with the passive voice and whether the word following the form of to be is a passive verb or past participle? Ex: The letters were

Ferdis, By now, it's obvious that we have a different approach toward adverbial. I would summarize our viewpoints like this: Mary's new adress is beautiful. Beautiful- is adjectival. Yes, but don't go there; this is a