Usage with compound noun
He visited the student bar where he met a student Jenny and they discussed college.
When you put two nouns together without a comma it would be read as a compound noun. So, what exactly is a "student Jenny"? A 'student doctor' is someone studying to be a doctor - so is it someone studying to be a Jenny?
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/268776/usage-with-appostive-non-restrictive-restrictive
In this example: the subject is student, but if we have student as part of Jenny's role/or occupation fronting the name then it is correct, right?
Like: Student Jenny was a star athlete or Police Constable Jenny Louise was top of her game.
So the compound noun is exceptable but only when it doesn't contain two subjects; rather the two nouns represent one whole subject.
Top answer
He visited the student bar where he met a student Jenny and they d iscussed college. This is not a valid sentence. The words student and Jenny are in apposition, so write it with commas.
- He visited the student bar where he met a student Jenny and they d iscussed college.
- This is not a valid sentence.
- The words student and Jenny are in apposition, so write it with commas.
- ie He visited the student bar where he met a student , Jenny , and they discussed college.
- I n some cases, we refer to people using their title.
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He visited the student bar where he met a student Jenny and they discussed college.
This is not a valid sentence. The words student and Jenny are in apposition, so write it with commas.
ie He visited the student bar where he met a student, Jenny, and they discussed college.
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n some cases, we refe
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