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Which sentence properly combines these two sentences through the use of an appositive?

My younger brother is a baseball player. His name is James.

A. James, my younger brother, is a baseball player.

B. James is a baseball player; he’s also my younger brother.

C. James is my younger brother, and he is a baseball player.

D. My brother James is a baseball player, and he is younger than I.

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A because it all renames the subject. 
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The answer is A, because an appositive is a sentence that includes unnecessary information between two commas, and if the information is removed, the sentence would still be complete. Hope this helps
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