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Originally Posted by NewHope President Bush opened s everal new scathing lines of attack against Democrat John Kerry, charges that twisted his rival's words on Iraq and made Kerry seem supportive of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein.
I'm not sure they are in apposition- 'lines' to me describes the connected elements of the attack, like the line of an argument.  |
Agreed. Apposition has structural constraints, notably, proximity. Here, in our example sentence, 'charges' renames 'lines of attack' which is a property of appositives but it is not within close enough proximity to be labelled as apposition. Modification is my choice:
Q: What kind of lines of attack?
A: Charges that... (Adjective)
All the best, tdol.
Are you there yet? Asia? :D