How is the capitalized word being used in the sentence? "It seems to me that Brian is investing an excessive amount of money in his new hobby, BOATING.

Is the word being used as a subject, direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, object of the preposition, or appositive?

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CountryGirl
Mar 30, 2018

An appositive.

Explanation:

Appositives are nouns or nouns phrases that rename another noun right beside it. They generally can be taken away and the sentence still makes grammatical sense, but they add context and more information.

Here are some appositives in sentences. The appositives are #color(blue)"blue"# and the nouns they are renaming are #color(green)"green"#.

Examples of appositives after the noun they modify:

  • She stood on the street with her #color(green)"brother"#, #color(blue)"Will"#.
  • The #color(green)"shrub"#, #color(blue)"a variant called boxwood"#, was slowly dying from lack of water.

Examples of appositives before the noun they modify:

  • #color(blue)"A beautiful red color"#, the #color(green)"car"# sat in the sunlight.

  • #color(blue)"The first in his class"#, #color(green)"Lewis"# always got straight A's.

In your sentence, #"boating"# is an appositive for #"hobby"#:

  • It seems to me that Brian is investing an excessive amount of money in his new #color(green)"hobby"#, #color(blue)"boating"#.
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