Is the comma after 'article' needed and why?
Here's an excerpt from Ben Yagoda's 2012 New York Times article, "https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/the-most-comma-mistakes/"
Is the comma after 'article' needed and why? Thanks.
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If "The Most Comma Mistakes" is intended to be in apposition, that is, it is intended to "restate" the phrase "Ben Yagoda's 2012 New York Times article", then the comma is correct. If on the other hand it is intended to complete the phrase, then the comma is wrong. For me, the latter seems the most likely intention, as far as I can tell with no more context, and on that basis I would judge the comma to be probably incorrect (which is rather ironic).
- If "The Most Comma Mistakes" is intended to be in apposition, that is, it is intended to "restate" the phrase "Ben Yagoda's 2012 New York Times article", then the comma is correct.
- If on the other hand it is intended to complete the phrase, then the comma is wrong.
- For me, the latter seems the most likely intention, as far as I can tell with no more context, and on that basis I would judge the comma to be probably incorrect (which is rather ironic).
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If "The Most Comma Mistakes" is intended to be in apposition, that is, it is intended to "restate" the phrase "Ben Yagoda's 2012 New York Times article", then the comma is correct. If on the other hand it is intended to complete the phrase, then the comma is wrong. For me, the latter seems the most likely intention, as far as I can tell with no more context, and on that basis I would judge the
0tamguatlayIs the comma after 'article' needed
I'd say it's optional.
CJ
0I'd use the comma, because if I said this aloud I would naturally pause briefly at that point.
Clive
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