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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Comma placement

A girl has two sisters. Claire and Sophie. Would I use a comma before Claire?
- She went to live with her compassionate sister Claire?
Would it be different if I removed compassionate?
  

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A girl has two sisters , Claire and Sophie. She went to live with her compassionate sister( , ) Claire. She went to live with her sister( , ) Claire.

  • A girl has two sisters , Claire and Sophie.
  • She went to live with her compassionate sister( , ) Claire.
  • She went to live with her sister( , ) Claire.
  • The comma is necessary in the first sentence and optional in #2 and #3.
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A girl has two sisters, Claire and Sophie.

She went to live with her compassionate sister(,) Claire.

She went to live with her sister(,) Claire.

The comma is necessary in the first sentence and optional in #2 and #3.

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