Correct. Both relative clauses are restrictive, and the appositive is nonrestrictive. Dick Veit On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Natalie Gerber <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Dear all, > > > > May I ask for your help parsing the relative clause in the following > example? > > > > James Bunley, a Washington attorney who served as the last Transportation > secretary in the Reagan administration in 1987089, says the complexity of > Next-Gen is one of the reasons the new system hasn’t gained funding. > > > > I analyze this example as a restrictive relative clause specifying which > Washington attorney; i.e., a restrictive relative clause modifying an > appositive, which itself is a nonrestrictive element modifying the proper > noun James Bunley. Is this correct? > > > > Thanks very much, > > Natalie > > ____________________ > > Natalie Gerber, Ph.D. > > Assistant Professor > > Department of English > > SUNY Fredonia > > ph. (716) 673-3855 > > fax (716) 673-4661 > > [log in to unmask] > > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/