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Posted By: Lionel Koh Is a comma needed after 'mother'? - 12/04/13 06:50 PM
This is my mother, Susie.

Is a comma needed after 'mother'?

Thanks.
Posted By: Faldage Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? - 12/05/13 12:06 PM
Leave it out and you're suggesting that you have more than one mother, not an impossibility these days. Put it in and you're ambiguous as to whether your mother's name is Susie or you are introducing your mother to Susie. The latter possibility would, presumably, be cleared up by context.
Posted By: Bazr Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? - 07/06/14 06:06 AM
The noun Susie is a nonrestrictive appositive further identifying the noun mother, and Maud should be preceded by a comma.
Posted By: A C Bowden Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? - 09/07/14 02:36 AM
Originally Posted By: Bazr
The noun Susie is a nonrestrictive appositive further identifying the noun mother, and Maud should be preceded by a comma.

Who's Maud?
Posted By: May Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? - 09/09/14 12:47 PM
Cipher...
Mod squad
Harold and Maude
Or, my personal favorite
Maud Lynn
Thanks, AWAD. I cracked Espen within seconds.
Cheerio
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? - 09/09/14 02:03 PM
Who's Espen?
Posted By: May Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? - 09/10/14 12:28 PM
Sounds like ESPN, sport's fans.
From the movie Blended.
Can we get a fist bump, 'Larry'?
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