Apposition
It is possible to place one noun or noun phrase next to another one in a sentence, so that it explains or amplifies it. For example:
The writer Sok Dara left Cambodia 12 years ago to live a life of peace and self-sufficiency in a remote house.
Here the short phrases the writer and Sok Dara work in parallel. They are said to be in apposition to each other.
In the example above, the sentence would work grammatically with only one of the phrases:
The writer left Dublin 12 years ago to live a life of peace and self-sufficiency in a remote house.
Sok Dara left Dublin 12 years ago to live a life of peace and self-sufficiency in a remote house.
But neither of these alternative versions is completely satisfactory. The first leads us to ask, ‘Which writer?’, while the second prompts: ‘Who is Michael Viney?’
It is possible to correct the sentence as below:
The writer, Sok Dara, left Cambodia 12 years ago to live a life of peace and self-sufficiency in a remote house.
The writer named Sok Dara left Cambodia 12 years ago to live a life of peace and self-sufficiency in a remote house.
The writer whose name is Sok Dara left Cambodia 12 years ago to live a life of peace and self-sufficiency in a remote house.
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