TheParser
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(1) I have wonderful news for the hundreds or dozens or three persons who seek a
grammatical explanation for the contrasted element "not Sue."
(2) A similar thread has been closed by the powers that be, so I have started this one.
(3) In the other thread, we had a fascinating discussion: is "not Sue" an ellipsis of
something, such as "I love Mona, [but I do ] not [love] Sue"? Or could it possibly
be an appositive?
(4) I have just discovered a cornucopia of information on the Web that says: YES, it
could be an appositive. It is simply called a negative appositive.
(a) As one scholar put it:
"Negative appositives identify what someone or something is not."
(5) Here are some examples from the Web:
Our failures, not our successes, will be remembered.
The federal government, not the states, is responsible for it.
The idea, not its expression, is significant.
Juliet tried to convince Romeo that he had heard a nightingale, not a lark.
(6) For Reed-Kellogg fans, you can now consider diagramming contrasted
elements as you would any other appositive.
P.S. Thanks to Lauralie2 who suggested the appositive idea in last year's thread. She has not posted recently. Hope that she is doing well.
(1) I have wonderful news for the hundreds or dozens or three persons who seek a
grammatical explanation for the contrasted element "not Sue."
(2) A similar thread has been closed by the powers that be, so I have started this one.
(3) In the other thread, we had a fascinating discussion: is "not Sue" an ellipsis of
something, such as "I love Mona, [but I do ] not [love] Sue"? Or could it possibly
be an appositive?
(4) I have just discovered a cornucopia of information on the Web that says: YES, it
could be an appositive. It is simply called a negative appositive.
(a) As one scholar put it:
"Negative appositives identify what someone or something is not."
(5) Here are some examples from the Web:
Our failures, not our successes, will be remembered.
The federal government, not the states, is responsible for it.
The idea, not its expression, is significant.
Juliet tried to convince Romeo that he had heard a nightingale, not a lark.
(6) For Reed-Kellogg fans, you can now consider diagramming contrasted
elements as you would any other appositive.
P.S. Thanks to Lauralie2 who suggested the appositive idea in last year's thread. She has not posted recently. Hope that she is doing well.
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