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Which of the following sentences uses the appositive correctly?

1: A favorite toy, the purple elephant was lost somewhere underneath the bed.
2:The purple elephant a favorite toy was lost somewhere underneath the bed.
3:The purple elephant, a favorite toy, was lost somewhere underneath the bed.
4:The purple elephant was lost somewhere underneath the bed,a favorite toy.

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Answer:

it is the third sentence

Step-by-step explanation:

An appositive is a little extra information halfway into the sentence, not at the beginning or end, so it can't be 1 or 4.

2 isn't correct either because it has no commas, there's supposed to be one both before and after the appositive portion.

User Tommy Adey
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Answer: 3

Explanation: An appositive is a little extra information halfway into the sentence, not at the beginning or end, so it can't be 1 or 4.

2 isn't correct either because it has no commas, there's supposed to be one both before and after the appositive portion.

User Yashu Mittal
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