lost again, the noun in apposition – tennis – player is masculine in the one and
feminine in the other. This is one of the very few instances in which a feminine
ending might help the beginner in English. Note: again that a single noun may have
more than one noun in apposition with it, as Harrison – captain, president, student,
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editor – has made an enviable record. Here Harrison is the singular subject and
requires a singular predicate, the four appositives having no influence on number.
The words as, of, or are sometimes used as introductory to the appositive:
thus,
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