Comments on: Appositives to Change Your Blog

By: Patricia Vennes

Patricia Vennes — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:06:37 +0000

When I was in high school, I only heard "blah blah blah", and prayed that I could pass the test

By: Patricia Vennes

Patricia Vennes — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:05:48 +0000

You sound all fired up about appositives, positive or otherwise. You are right that some information is not helpful, and many blogs should stay away from appositives, but it's always useful to have another grammar tool under your belt.

By: Patricia Vennes

Patricia Vennes — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:04:05 +0000

I completely agree! Most of the time you don't need appositives. They are something that you see all of the time in creative writing, but not so much in blogs. Using them sparingly is always the best. Rules are meant to be broken, for sure! I love that you mentioned that, but it's always better to know the rule so you can break it rather than being ignorant of your errors.

Great comment!

By: John Paul

John Paul — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:45:06 +0000

Nice post, felt let like I was back in HS english Good Memories.

By: Suta

Suta — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:59:33 +0000

I don't really understand appositive to the full yet. But I know it's about that appositive. emm…remind me of the saying "Don't Worry Be Crappy". Thanks

By: Blog Angel a.k.a. Jo

Blog Angel a.k.a. Jo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:55:31 +0000

Interesting, I don't really make much use of these, unintentionally or otherwise. I can see that in some cases they might be useful, but it would be very easy to become highly annoying by overdoing this.

Sometimes more information is not helpful, it's just more.

The average blog writer needs to be careful not to use a literary tool just because it sounds good. Habitual use of any style in your writing can become redundant and loose it's power to engage the reader.

By: Rommel

Rommel — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:41:13 +0000

Hi! Thanks for this informative note.

By: Ali*

Ali* — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:04:41 +0000

I don't know Patricia… I'm a big fan of logical structure which I think helps people's uptake of my content. I'd rather introduce the subject in a sentence all to itself and then go on with the story in another…

I try to organise my writing with the minimum of commas. Each sentence is a complete little bite.

But rules are made to be broken so I'll be keeping an eye out for exceptions where an appositive might add the oomph described!