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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Which comes first: the COMMA or the PARENTHESIS?
Do I properly place the comma before or after the second bracket?
"My son, Elijah (5 years old), was admitted to the emergency room."
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"My son, Elijah (5 years old,) was admitted to the emergency room."
"My son, Elijah (5 years old), was admitted to the emergency room."
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"My son, Elijah (5 years old,) was admitted to the emergency room."
Top answer
The first is correct. Treat all the words inside a pair of parentheses as if they were a single word. You wouldn't put a comma in the middle of a word would you?
- The first is correct.
- Treat all the words inside a pair of parentheses as if they were a single word.
- You wouldn't put a comma in the middle of a word would you?
- corre,ct
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The first is correct. Treat all the words inside a pair of parentheses as if they were a single word. You wouldn't put a comma in the middle of a word would you? corre,ct
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