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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction

" I'm sorry, Tom, this item is out of stock"..... Is this sentence grammatically incorrect as I have used a comma after the name, instead of a full stop. Some of the people I know are saying it is incorrect. I know it's a silly question, but I would like to confirm what I think.(I don't think the sentence is grammatically incorrect.)
  

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I would write: I'm sorry,Tom. This item is out of stock.

— Yoong Liat

  • I would write: I'm sorry,Tom.
  • This item is out of stock.
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I would write: I'm sorry,Tom. This item is out of stock.
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Some of these punctuation rules are a bit ambiguous. Probably a book on the subject would tell you the sentence is incorrectly punctuated. I personally would probably use a semi-colon instead of a comma.
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AnonymousIs this sentence grammatically incorrect
No, it’s just punctuated incorrectly. You can’t join sentences with just a comma.

These are your options:

I’m sorry, Tom. This item is out of stock.
I’m sorry, Tom, but this item is out of stock.
I’m sorry, Tom; this item is out of stock.
I’m sorry, Tom: thi
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