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* ''My brother''<sup>P</sup> ''Nathan''<sup>A</sup> is here. <small>– Restrictive: I have several brothers, and the one named Nathan is here.</small>
* ''My brother''<sup>P</sup>, ''Nathan''<sup>A</sup>, is here. <small>– Non-restrictive: I have only one brother and, as an aside, his name is Nathan.</small>
If there is any doubt that the appositive is non-restrictive, it is safer to use the restrictive punctuation.{{Cn|date=November 2020}} In the example above, the restrictive first sentence is still correct even if there is only one brother.
A [[restrictiveness|relative clause]] is not always an appositive.
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