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Snarf Posted 14 years ago

"O" Interjection Commas

Please have a look at this traditional sounding line of poetry:

Drip, O, insatiable rain, keep pounding upon my heart!

Are the commas around "O" right there, given it is an interjection?

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Hi, Please have a look at this traditional sounding line of poetry: Drip, O, insatiable rain, keep pounding upon my heart! Are the commas around "O" right there, given it is an interjection? It's not a separate interjection.

— Clive

  • Hi, Please have a look at this traditional sounding line of poetry: Drip, O, insatiable rain, keep pounding upon my heart!
  • Are the commas around "O" right there, given it is an interjection?
  • It's not a separate interjection.
  • It is used poetically in front of a name when you are addressing someone , ie vocatively.
  • eg Juliet .
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Hi,

Please have a look at this traditional sounding line of poetry:

Drip, O, insatiable rain, keep pounding upon my heart!

Are the commas around "O" right there, given it is an interjection? It's not a separate interjection.
It is used poetically in front of a name w
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Oh, I see! Yes, I've seen that quite a few times, but wasn't sure what was most proper. But doesn't that make it a part of the name when you don't put a comma in front of it? Is "O" different in meaning than our more modern "Oh," for example, "Oh, John, John...what have you done?"
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Hi,

Oh, I see! Yes, I've seen that quite a few times, but wasn't sure what was most proper. But doesn't that make it a part of the name when you don't put a comma in front of it?
No. No-one is going to think that Romeo's driving licence says Given name: O Romeo.


Is "O" different in mea
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