Usage with determiner.
a) This week, in an essay for the Crier, primary school teacher and local Shildon Town Councillor, Kelly Ambrosini, investigates the decisions that have led to Sunnydale school reaching the precipice of closure.
b) This week, in an essay for the Crier, primary school teacher and local Shildon Town Councillor investigates the decisions that have led to Sunnydale school reaching the precipice of closure.
c) This week, in an essay for the Crier, a primary school teacher and local Shildon Town Councillor, Kelly Ambrosini, investigates the decisions that have led to Sunnydale school reaching the precipice of closure.
Should a determiner (a, in this case) precede a name, in order for commas to be used in these instances as a rule?
Some online resources suggest the sentence should be grammatical with or without the isolated information, a name, in order for it to be considered essential/non essential.
B) is wrong as written, but with the inclusion of a determiner it is clearly correct.
It may be a very small error, but it is consistently written this way in the given source paper. If we're isolating anything with commas, we're saying it is not integral to the sentence, in terms of clarity when we read it back.
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Top answer
In a) "Kelly Ambrosini" is an appositive NP. It's set apart with commas, meaning that it's a supplementary (non-restrictive) appositive. The appositive is a definite NP, so a determiner is not required.
- In a) "Kelly Ambrosini" is an appositive NP.
- It's set apart with commas, meaning that it's a supplementary (non-restrictive) appositive.
- The appositive is a definite NP, so a determiner is not required.
- B) is fine: a determiner is not normally used in journalistic reports such as those in newspapers.
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In a) "Kelly Ambrosini" is an appositive NP. It's set apart with commas, meaning that it's a supplementary (non-restrictive) appositive.
The appositive is a definite NP, so a determiner is not required.
B) is fine: a determiner is not normally used in journalistic reports such as those in newspapers.
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