Bagaimana ya caranya mengubah kalimat dengan adjective clause menjadi kalimat dengan frasa appositive?
Adjective clause dan appositive (phrase) sama-sama memberikan informasi tentang noun (kata benda), baik penting maupun kurang penting. Bedanya adjective clause berupa klausa yang diawali oleh relative pronoun (who, which, that, etc), sedangkan appositive berupa noun (phrase).
Adjective clause dapat diubah menjadi appositive, namun hanya klausa yang kata kerjanya menggunakan verb be: is, are, was, dan were. dan diikuti subject complement (kata yang berfungsi menerangkan subjek kalimat) berupa noun (phrase).
Perhatikan rumus/pola adjective clause dan frasa appositive berikut ini:
Adjective Clause
relative pronoun + be (is/are/was/were) + noun (phrase)
Caranya adalah dengan menghilangkan relative pronoun dan verb be hingga hanya menyisakan noun (phrase).
Appositive (Phrase)
relative pronoun + verb (is/are/was/were) + noun (phrase)
Contoh kalimat adjective clause dan appositive phrase
| Adjective Clause | Appositive Phrase |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, became a successful newspaper editor in Philadelphia. | Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, became a successful newspaper editor in Philadelphia. (Benjamin Franklin, satu dari pendiri Amerika Serikat, menjadi seorang editor koran yang sukses di Philadelphia.) |
| My brother, who is an engineer, works at the water treatment plant. | My brother, an engineer, works at the water treatment plant. (Saudara saya, seorang enjinir, bekerja di instalasi pengolahan air.) |
| We have good shovel and pruning shears, which are essential gardening tools. | We have good shovel and pruning shears, essential gardening tools. (Kami punya sekop dan gunting bagus yang merupakan peralatan berkebun yang penting.) |