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Futurehuman11 Posted 18 years ago
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Even his close friend, UFC president Dana White, chided him about his ways when they met at UFC 70 in Manchester, England, in April, only about a month before Liddell lost his title to Quinton Jackson.

Since he could possibly have more than one close friend, is the use of commas around the bolded phrase correct?
  

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Hi, Even his close friend, UFC president Dana White, chided him about his ways when they met at UFC 70 in Manchester, England, in April, only about a month before Liddell lost his title to Quinton Jackson. Since he could possibly have more than one close friend, is the use of commas around the bolded phrase correct? You could say Even his close friend Tom chided him .

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  • Hi, Even his close friend, UFC president Dana White, chided him about his ways when they met at UFC 70 in Manchester, England, in April, only about a month before Liddell lost his title to Quinton Jackson.
  • Since he could possibly have more than one close friend, is the use of commas around the bolded phrase correct?
  • You could say Even his close friend Tom chided him .
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  • but the length of the bolded phrase in your example justifies the commas, for the sake of readability.
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Hi,

Even his close friend, UFC president Dana White, chided him about his ways when they met at UFC 70 in Manchester, England, in April, only about a month before Liddell lost his title to Quinton Jackson.

Since he could possibly have more than one close friend, is the use of commas around the bolded phrase correct?
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