Unit3ThemeaningofcolourGrammarandusageStep1:GeneralintroductionThegrammaritemsinthisunitdealwithapposition
Youwilllearnwhatappositionsareandhowtoformappositionsinsentences
Youareexpectedtoapplywhatyouhavelearntinpracticaluse
Step2:Explanationandpractice:Definition:aconstructioninwhichanounornounphraseisplacedwithanotherasanexplanatoryequivalent,bothhavingthesamesyntacticrelationtotheotherelementsinthesentence
Whentwonounphrasescomeoneaftertheotherinasentenceandbothrefertothesamething,thesenounsphrasesareinapposition
Examples;1)
TheFrenchflag,the‘Tricolore’,wasfirstusedin1789,atthestartoftheFrenchRevolution
(TheFrenchflagandthe‘Tricolore’areinappositionastheyrefertothesamething)2)
TheUSAwasalsobornfromrevolution,anditsflag,‘StarsandStripes’,symbolizesthis
(itsflagand‘StarsandStripes’arein