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Grammar

Punctuation

What is the right way to right the following greeting:

_ Hello, John!

or

_ Hello John!
  

Top answer

Hello You will probably find both often. Very strictly speaking, however, you use a comma before a "vocative" (or after the vocative when it is in initial position in the sentence). I've already been told here that I'm a bit fussy about commas, but in certain cases you can't avoid them.

— Miriam

  • Hello You will probably find both often.
  • Very strictly speaking, however, you use a comma before a "vocative" (or after the vocative when it is in initial position in the sentence).
  • I've already been told here that I'm a bit fussy about commas, but in certain cases you can't avoid them.
  • Using a comma in the right place will save you trouble and misunderstandings.
  • Perhaps a comma won't make much of a difference in a sentence like "Hello, John", but it certainly will in other cases.
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Hello Emotion: smile

You will probably find both often.
Very strictly speaking, however, you use a comma before a "vocative" (or aft
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"What is the right way to write the following greeting?"

i.e. note that there are two different words "right" and "write"
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