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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is a comma needed after 'mother'? #213440 12/04/2013 6:50 PM Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 Lionel Koh newbie Lionel Koh newbie Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 41 This is my mother, Susie. Is a comma needed after 'mother'? Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? Lionel Koh #213453 12/05/2013 12:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? Faldage #217490 07/06/2014 6:06 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia The noun Susie is a nonrestrictive appositive further identifying the noun mother, and Maud should be preceded by a comma. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? Bazr #218450 09/07/2014 2:36 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? Lionel Koh #218465 09/09/2014 12:47 PM Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 May addict May addict Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 Cipher... Mod squad Harold and Maude Or, my personal favorite Maud Lynn Thanks, AWAD. I cracked Espen within seconds. Cheerio Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? May #218466 09/09/2014 2:03 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Who's Espen? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is a comma needed after 'mother'? Lionel Koh #218469 09/10/2014 12:28 PM Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 May addict May addict Joined: May 2014 Posts: 514 Sounds like ESPN, sport's fans. From the movie Blended. Can we get a fist bump, 'Larry'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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