He of the mighty limb.”—Holmes.
(c) A pronominal adjective. This does not explain. It has not sufficient meaning in itself for that. Like the personal pronoun it is to be modified by some phrase or other sentence-element that has meaning; as, “On a gently rising ground in the heart of the city rises St. Paul’s, one of the largest churches in the world, and a masterpiece of Wren, one of the greatest architects.” In neither place here does one mean anything until it is modified by the phrase telling class.
Such an appositive may serve many purposes. In the following sentence from Lowell, “The poetry of the Danes was much of it authentic history,” it narrows the scope of what it modifies,—the poetry of the Danes.
(d) The infinitive. See Chapter XX.
(e) The gerund. See Chapter XXII.
(f) The participle. When a participial phrase is clearly an abridgment of an unrestrictive adjective clause, it may be said to be in apposition; as,
“All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time.”—Longfellow.
(g) The noun clause. See Chapter VII.
Words that take an Appositive Modifier.—The appositive is usually added to a noun, but not always. A pronoun may be made definite in its application by an appositive; thus, “We are doing the English cathedral towns, Aunt Celia and I.”—Mrs. Wiggin.