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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Comma needed?!

Hi.
Born in Damascus, Syria Yasser moved with his family to Seattle at the age of seven.

Isn't a comma needed?
  

Top answer

If you mean after 'Damascus', yes.

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If you mean after 'Damascus', yes.
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This was the exact text that I typed.I mean after 'Syria'
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\that did puzzle me a little. When I responded to your question, I had assumed that the man's name was Syria Yasser.

So, you do need a comma after Syria. Without it, people may read the sentence as I did.
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but the book doesn't have it.
How can the sentence be interpreted?
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soheil1but the book doesn't have it.
Well then, the publisher's proofreaders have missed something.
soheil1How can the sentence be interpreted?
As I interpreted it.
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