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Nouns, pronouns, or phrases that follow another noun or pronoun to rename it are called _____.

antecedents

inflections

syntax

appositives

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Answer:

Appositives

Step-by-step explanation:

Appositives are nouns, pronouns or phrases that rename, identify or give further information of another noun placed right beside it. There are two types of appositives: restrictive or nonrestrictive. A restrictive appositive is one that it's not essential to the sentence, and therefore should be set off with commas, dashes or brackets, while a nonrestrictive appositive is essential to the meaning of the sentence and does not require to be separated by any type of punctuation.

Here are some sentences having appositives phrases (underlined):

James, my younger brother, is a baseball player.

While I was having lunch, Fede, the introvert of our class, came to talk to me,

My cousin Eli is traveling to Europe this weekend.

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The correct answer is D. Appositives are used to rename nouns, pronouns or phrases that follow them.
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