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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Is this the the correct place to put the comma in the following sentence

Sorry to sound so miserable, John but I hope that I will be in a better mood next time I see you.
  

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If you leave that as a single sentence, you will need a comma both before and after "John". Sorry to sound so miserable, John, but I hope that I will be in a better mood next time I see you. I'm not sure I understand why you used "but".

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  • If you leave that as a single sentence, you will need a comma both before and after "John".
  • Sorry to sound so miserable, John, but I hope that I will be in a better mood next time I see you.
  • I'm not sure I understand why you used "but".
  • Changing that to two sentences might be better: Sorry to sound so miserable, John.
  • I hope (that) I will be in a better mood next time I see you.
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If you leave that as a single sentence, you will need a comma both before and after "John".
Sorry to sound so miserable, John, but I hope that I will be in a better mood next time I see you.

I'm not sure I understand why you used "but". Changing that to two sentences might be better:
Sorry to sound so miserable, John. I hope (that) I will be in a better mood next time
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No problem. I understand. Oh, wait, you wanted to know if it was ok grammatically? Yep, it is, but I would add a comma after John:

Sorry to sound so miserable, John, but I hope that I will be in a better mood next time I see you.

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