Which sentence contains an incorrectly punctuated appositive or appositive phrase? A. A gymnast, Christy Weber, will coach us. B
. Did your cousin Marguerite ever visit her grandmother in Paris? C. I am reading a biography of Christopher Reeve the actor in the original Superman movies. D. We heard laughter and lively conversation, the sounds of happy people.
<span>C. I am reading a biography of Christopher Reeve the actor in the original Superman movies.
</span>The appositive in the given sentence: J.M. Barrie's book Peter Pan was made into a play and a movie, is (a) J.M. Barrie's book. Appositives are noun or noun phrases which gives another name to the noun near it. They are very easy to trace. In this case, Peter Pan is a noun. It is renamed into J.M. Barrie's book. Thus, "Barrie's book" is an appositive of Peter Pan.
Additional Notes: (b) was made: is the verb (c) Peter Pan: is the main noun <span>(d) into a movie: is the prepositional phrase</span>
