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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Question regarding commas
Is this correct?
"This girl, ugly girl, won't leave me alone."
and
"This house, creepy old house, scares the hell out of me."
It is for a poem and those words will have to be in that exact order, so should I change the commas or leave them where they are? I am not so good with grammar so I'm sorry. I want to state what I am talking about, modify it, and then talk about what it is doing.
"This girl, ugly girl, won't leave me alone."
and
"This house, creepy old house, scares the hell out of me."
It is for a poem and those words will have to be in that exact order, so should I change the commas or leave them where they are? I am not so good with grammar so I'm sorry. I want to state what I am talking about, modify it, and then talk about what it is doing.
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What you have between the commas are examples of appositives, additions that emphasize your description. Since you are writing poetry, you have some poetic license. The commas are fine, but you might also make them parenthetical, even with additional punctuation.
- What you have between the commas are examples of appositives, additions that emphasize your description.
- Since you are writing poetry, you have some poetic license.
- The commas are fine, but you might also make them parenthetical, even with additional punctuation.
- ) won't leave me alone.
- This house, a creepy old house, scares the **** out of me.
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What you have between the commas are examples of appositives, additions that emphasize your description. Since you are writing poetry, you have some poetic license. The commas are fine, but you might also make them parenthetical, even with additional punctuation. For example: This girl (ugly girl!) won't leave me alone. This house, a creepy old house, scares the **** out of me.
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