I don't know if there is a neat grammatical term for "of New Orleans" in "City of New Orleans," apart from a prepositional phrase. In This news, that my brother is getting married, astonished me, the words enclosed in commas are a clausal appositive." Her name, Arabella, was also her mother's name, illustrates a single-word appositive. "A word, phrase, or clause that has the same referent and the same or a similar grammatical function as a preceding word or phrase is siad to be an appositive, in apposition with that preceding word or phrase: in My father, that tall man over there, always votes Republican, the words that tall man over there form a phrasal appositive for father. ![]() ![]() The Columbia Guide to Standard American English says, under "APPOSITIVE, APPOSITION," ![]() "City of New Orleans" isn't what I remember being taught was an appositive, either.
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