Exercise 3: Appositives

● Exercise 3 ●

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly.

  1. The Times is a world-renowned newspaper. It is delivered to my house every day.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - The Times is a world-renowned newspaper. It is delivered to my house every day.
  2. Dolores Cunningham is the first mayor in our town’s history to increase jobs during her four-year term. She is an advocate of the supply-side theory of economics.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - Dolores Cunningham is the first mayor in our town’s history to increase jobs during her four-year term. She is an advocate of the supply-side theory of economics.
  3. A major health problem for teenagers is bulimia. Bulimia is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - A major health problem for teenagers is bulimia. Bulimia is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder.
  4. My car is in the parking lot. It’s an old blue station wagon with a dent in the fender.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - My car is in the parking lot. It’s an old blue station wagon with a dent in the fender.
  5. That call was from Bridget. She’s the top student in my calculus class.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - That call was from Bridget. She’s the top student in my calculus class.
  6. The Edwardsville Tigers are the only baseball team ever to lose a series that it had led three games to none. They will be forever remembered for this colossal choke.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - The Edwardsville Tigers are the only baseball team ever to lose a series that it had led three games to none. They will be forever remembered for this colossal choke.
  7. Warren G. Harding defeated James Cox in the 1920 presidential election by 26 percentage points. This was the biggest landslide victory in the history of U.S. presidential elections.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - Warren G. Harding defeated James Cox in the 1920 presidential election by 26 percentage points. This was the biggest landslide victory in the history of U.S. presidential elections.
  8. The service opened to the choir’s rendition of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” That performance was a smashing success.

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    Exercise 3: Appositives: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one more fluent and coherent sentence by using an appositive. Be sure to punctuate correctly. - The service opened to the choir’s rendition of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” That performance was a smashing success.