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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Punctuation after an appositive in frontal position
a. John, Bill, and Greg, each went his separate way/to the movies/bought one icecream etc
b. John, Bill, and Greg--each went his separate way/to the movies etc
a. Vanilla, chocolate, or banana, which would you choose?
b. Vanilla, chocolate, or banana--which would you choose?
Though a significant pause would follow the lists, the appositives, I'd still personally use commas in both.
How would you punctuate these? If not a or b, then how?
Ta
b. John, Bill, and Greg--each went his separate way/to the movies etc
a. Vanilla, chocolate, or banana, which would you choose?
b. Vanilla, chocolate, or banana--which would you choose?
Though a significant pause would follow the lists, the appositives, I'd still personally use commas in both.
How would you punctuate these? If not a or b, then how?
Ta
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I know this situation, and I don't like the commas, since they give the reader a false first impression of the structure and s/he must go back to check it. I'd use these: John, Bill, and Greg each went his separate way/to the movies/bought one icecream etc Vanilla, chocolate, or banana: which would you choose? Vanilla, chocolate, or banana – which would you choose?
- I know this situation, and I don't like the commas, since they give the reader a false first impression of the structure and s/he must go back to check it.
- I'd use these: John, Bill, and Greg each went his separate way/to the movies/bought one icecream etc Vanilla, chocolate, or banana: which would you choose?
- Vanilla, chocolate, or banana – which would you choose?
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I know this situation, and I don't like the commas, since they give the reader a false first impression of the structure and s/he must go back to check it. I'd use these:
John, Bill, and Greg each went his separate way/to the movies/bought one icecream etc
Vanilla, chocolate, or banana: which would you choose?
Vanilla, chocolate, or banana – which w
John, Bill, and Greg each went his separate way/to the movies/bought one icecream etc
Vanilla, chocolate, or banana: which would you choose?
Vanilla, chocolate, or banana – which w
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