Question
In the sentence, "Abraham Lincoln, our country's 16th president, wrote the 'Gettysburg Address,'" the phrase "our country's 16th president" is...
tts Icon
an appositive phrase.
tts Icon
a participial phrase.
tts Icon
a prepositional phrase.
tts Icon
an infinitive phrase.
tts Icon
tts Icon
an appositive phrase.
tts Icon
a participial phrase.
tts Icon
a prepositional phrase.
tts Icon
an infinitive phrase.
tts Icon
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The phrase "our country's 16th president" is **an appositive phrase**. An appositive phrase provides additional information about a noun and usually renames it or gives more detail, which is the case here as it describes "Abraham Lincoln."