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Radek Skřivan Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Commas again :)

Greetings,
a few days ago I started using a plugin to help me with my terrible spelling.
I have a simple sentence:

Thank you Kevin for reporting this.

and the plugin insists that the correct version is:

Thank you, Kevin, for reporting this.

I can not help myself to fell that this looks weird. Can you please advice me if this is really the only correct use of commas in this sentence?

  

Top answer

I agree with your plugin. "Kevin" is incidental to the main sentence, which is "Thank you for reporting this", and should be set off with commas. Consider this: "Thank you for reporting this, Kevin" (thanking Kevin for reporting something).

— Blue Jay

  • I agree with your plugin.
  • "Kevin" is incidental to the main sentence, which is "Thank you for reporting this", and should be set off with commas.
  • Consider this: "Thank you for reporting this, Kevin" (thanking Kevin for reporting something).
  • "Thank you for reporting this Kevin" (thanking someone for reporting a "Kevin".
  • ["Any time you see a Kevin, please report it.
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I agree with your plugin. "Kevin" is incidental to the main sentence, which is "Thank you for reporting this", and should be set off with commas. Consider this:

"Thank you for reporting this, Kevin" (thanking Kevin for reporting something).

"Thank you for reporting this Kevin" (thanking someone for reporting a "Kevin". ["Any time you see a Kevin, please report it. We don't want an

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Radek Skrivan

Greetings,
A few days ago I started using a plugin to help me with my terrible spelling.
I have a simple sentence:

Thank you Kevin for reporting this.

and the plugin insists that the correct version is:

Thank you, Kevin, for reporting this.

I can not help myself to fe

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