Question

Choose the sentence in which the appositive or appositive phrase is essential to the sentence and punctuated correctly.

Answer 1

Question: Choose the sentence in which the appositive or appositive phrase is essential to the sentence and is punctuated correctly.

15. B. Whey powder, a common milkshake ingrediant is tasteless.

16. B. Presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln, had just won the election.

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Answer 2

The correct answers are:

15. Whey powder, a common milkshake ingrediant is tasteless.

16. Presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln, had just won the election.

Step-by-step explanation:

An appostive phrase is a noun or noun phrase that adds information about another noun next to it. In sentence 15, the appostive noun "powder" is defining the noun phrase "common milkshake ingrediant". In sentence 16, the appostive phrase "abraham Lincoln" is defining the noun phrase "President candidate".

Appositive phrases at the beginning of the sentence are followed by a comma (example 15), and appositive sentences in the middle of a sentence start and finish with a comma (example 16).