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What noun or pronoun is identified by an appositive?

Hemingway'snovelThe Old Man and the Sea book

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The appositive in the given sentence above is "Hemingway's novel" which describes and renames the noun "The Old Man and the Seabook". An appositive is a word or words that are used to describe or rename the subject of the sentence. 
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