Commas or not with appositives
Hello,
If we want to convey that a person has more than one wife (has married and divorced more than once), should there be a comma while referring to the wife's name or should it be treated restrictively?
Sam had gone on a vacation with his wife Mary. (Mary was Sam's first wife) Should this be "with his wife, Mary" or "with his wife Mary"?
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Hi Cloud Pixie I think I would almost always put the comma in. In some forms of writing - journalism, for example - it's quite often left out One suggestion I have read is that it's OK to leave the comma out if the title belongs to more than one person. So, if Sam is on holiday with his wife - assuming that he has only one at a time - and a group of security guards: - His wife, Mary, looked very happy.
- Hi Cloud Pixie I think I would almost always put the comma in.
- In some forms of writing - journalism, for example - it's quite often left out One suggestion I have read is that it's OK to leave the comma out if the title belongs to more than one person.
- So, if Sam is on holiday with his wife - assuming that he has only one at a time - and a group of security guards: - His wife, Mary, looked very happy.
- - Security guard John Morris said the couple looked happy.
- That's my suggestion, Dave
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Hi Cloud Pixie
I think I would almost always put the comma in. In some forms of writing - journalism, for example - it's quite often left out
One suggestion I have read is that it's OK to leave the comma out if the title belongs to more than one person. So, if Sam is on holiday with his wife - assuming that he has only one at a time - and a group of security guards:
- His wi
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