Comma usage
The story focuses on incidents at the wrestling camp at his palatial Pennsylvania estate and the tragic death of Schultz’s elder brother David at the hands of his benefactor.
The pop icon took her children and her twins Estere and Stelle, on holiday.
Should the last two examples have commas before the names as a rule or is it optional ?
Perhaps it would need something like 'his only elder brother or her only twins' to take commas.
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panda blue 483 Should the last two examples have commas before the names as a rule or is it optional ? The commas are parenthetical and must be both before and after. Schultz's elder brother David is one of two or more elder brothers.
- panda blue 483 Should the last two examples have commas before the names as a rule or is it optional ?
- The commas are parenthetical and must be both before and after.
- Schultz's elder brother David is one of two or more elder brothers.
- Schultz's elder brother, David, is his only elder brother.
- panda blue 483 The pop icon took her children and her twins Estere and Stelle, on holiday.
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panda blue 483Should the last two examples have commas before the names as a rule or is it optional ?
The commas are parenthetical and must be both before and after. Schultz's elder brother David is one of two or more elder brothers. Schultz's elder brother, David, is his only elder brother.
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