Appositives

[GallopingMom]

Please help dd who is studying for an English exam. In the sentence "Roy, the brown dog, ran around the garden", is the noun "Roy" the subject of the verb and therefore the noun "dog" is in apposition to "Roy"? Or do appositives have to be phrases and can be present in a sentence without a noun or pronoun as the subject?

It will be "the brown dog" as a substitute for Roy I think. (the appositive in a sentence is often put between commas) Hmm, or possibly "Roy" as the oppositive for "brown dog"

Is it a primary SPaG thing? The teachers on the primary education threads will be able to say for sure.

I'm afraid I can't help, but would just like to point out I've got through over 5 decades of living, acquired several O and A levels and a degree, have worked in various professional roles, including major UK and international companies; yet I have no idea what Appositives are (nor does my spell-checker), and wonder why your DD needs to?

Roy is the subject.
Brown dog is the appositive.

The appositive is the bit in commas, the bit that gives supplemental info on the noun.

Have a look here:

www.chompchomp.com/terms/appositive.htm

Thank you!

Ifailed I couldn't agree more.

We're not in the UK so different schooling system.