man,
in a apposition with
teacher,
is an explanatory modifier of it and is called nominative by apposition.
Apposition derivatively means placed near. Its position must very often be
depended upon to distinguish it from attribute complement. In
Charles, the
captain has been taken ill, captain
is apposite to
Charles.
In Charles, who has been taken ill, is the captain, captain is attribute to
Charles, or predicate nominative.
A noun in apposition may be in objective case or in possessive case, in
agreement with the noun that it explains. As a rule it agrees with that noun also in
gender and number, but not always. In
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