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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Hello!

Where would you place a comma in the following sentence?

"Tom the taxi driver said"

"Tom, the taxi driver, said," <- is that correct?
  

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Yes. Unless the taxi driver is calling out to Tom, the second is correct. You set off appositives in the midst of a sentence with a pair of commas.

  • Yes.
  • Unless the taxi driver is calling out to Tom, the second is correct.
  • You set off appositives in the midst of a sentence with a pair of commas.
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Yes. Unless the taxi driver is calling out to Tom, the second is correct. You set off appositives in the midst of a sentence with a pair of commas.

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