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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

punctuation

Please tell where commas are necessary.

In the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber, Walter Mitty is a strange individual.
  

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In the short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", by James Thurber, Walter Mitty is a strange individual.

  • In the short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", by James Thurber, Walter Mitty is a strange individual.
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In the short story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", by James Thurber, Walter Mitty is a strange individual.
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AnonymousIn the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber, Walter Mitty is a strange individual.
Frankly, the sentence looks fine as it stands.

I would be inclined to insert a comma after the title and before the author's name:

In the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty",

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