Dropping or keeping the comma?
Should I keep or drop the comma (Appositives) before "John" below? I know the sentence doesn't make much sense. I hope it's just an example of keeping or dropping commas with appositives.
Louise comes home one morning to find her beautiful house in ruins, thanks to a wild party thrown by her son and his friends. She's pissed, but she knows how to get even: by punishing her son's friend(,) John very hard!
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If John is to be appositive, it has to have two commas, one before and one after. But in this case that would be wrong because it would mean that her son had only the one friend, John, and we know that he and his "friends" are in hot water.
- If John is to be appositive, it has to have two commas, one before and one after.
- But in this case that would be wrong because it would mean that her son had only the one friend, John, and we know that he and his "friends" are in hot water.
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If John is to be appositive, it has to have two commas, one before and one after. But in this case that would be wrong because it would mean that her son had only the one friend, John, and we know that he and his "friends" are in hot water.
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