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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence missing a comma

"The question was asked in a report published by Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz late last year."

It's my understanding that, as the name is not essential to the sentence, a comma would go both before and after the name.

  

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Thanks, Rover_KE.

Do you know if there is any style guide where the sentence would be acceptable (particularly in the UK)? I see it so often that it's making me question myself.

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No. Consider the sentence if you delete what you term not essential.

"The question was asked in a report published by Starbucks CEO late last year." This is incorrect.

Correct versions are
eg "The question was asked in a report published

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