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Abil Posted 18 years ago
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who is better known as

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has finally succeeded in electing its president, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is better known as Prachanda, his nom de guerre, as the Prime Minister of Nepal.

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has finally succeeded in electing its president, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is better known by his nom de guerre, Prachanda, as the Prime Minister of Nepal.

Of the two styles, which one do you think is better? And are punctuations correctly placed?
  

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I would say "known BY his nom de guerre" but your sequenial appositives set off with commas make it hard to follow. Consider using either parentheses after "Dahal" and before "Prachanda" or setting it off with em-dashes.

  • I would say "known BY his nom de guerre" but your sequenial appositives set off with commas make it hard to follow.
  • Consider using either parentheses after "Dahal" and before "Prachanda" or setting it off with em-dashes.
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I would say "known BY his nom de guerre" but your sequenial appositives set off with commas make it hard to follow. Consider using either parentheses after "Dahal" and before "Prachanda" or setting it off with em-dashes.

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