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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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We wondered whether Ellen Hildago PhD would be the speaker at the Cairo Illinois event?

  

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We wondered whether Ellen Hildago , PhD , would be the speaker at the Cairo , Illinois event. We wondered whether Dr Ellen Hildago would be the speaker at the Cairo , Illinois event. Note that it's not worded as a question.

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  • We wondered whether Ellen Hildago , PhD , would be the speaker at the Cairo , Illinois event.
  • We wondered whether Dr Ellen Hildago would be the speaker at the Cairo , Illinois event.
  • Note that it's not worded as a question.
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We wondered whether Ellen Hildago, PhD, would be the speaker at the Cairo, Illinois event.

We wondered whether Dr Ellen Hildago would be the speaker at the Cairo, Illinois event.

Note that it's not worded as a question.

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Chicago, Oxford and AP all want a comma after "Illinois" (the Cairo, Illinois, event). The state is considered parenthetical. This has long ben conventional.

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