What is the appositive in this sentence, "The artist Verdicini created his art by throwing paint onto a wall" ?

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The Corsair
Oct 28, 2016

The appositive is "The artist."

Explanation:

An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that clarifies or redefines another noun. The main noun of the sentence is Verdicini; qualifying him as an artist does not matter. (Take the appositive out and you'll see it still makes sense grammatically.

A phrase does not have to be bookended by commas to be an appositive.

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