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Dinara Usmanovaadded translation 8 years ago
translation (en-ru)
appositives
Обособленное приложение в предложение , которое помогает раскрыть значение незнакомого слова или словосочетания.
Example
Whether psychology should be classified as a biological or social science was a
contentious issue among scholars until 1960, after which time it was increasingly
described as a behavioral science; the science of the behavior of
organisms.
Example translation
The meaning of “behavioral science” is identified by its appositive, “the science of the
behavioral science.”
Translator's comment
An appositive [a noun or noun phrase which is set off by commas and which
modifies another noun] can help you to identify the meaning of an unknown word.
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