Why there is comma before word "catches"?
At the house of Prince Stepan "Stiva" Oblonsky in Moscow. His wife, Princess Daria "Dolly", catches Stiva and the governess of their five children having sex in a closet, having found the governess' note to her husband.
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At the house of Prince Stepan "Stiva" Oblonsky in Moscow. His wife , Princess Daria "Dolly", catches Stiva and the governess of their five children having *** in a closet, having found the governess' note to her husband . The commas each side of "Princess Daria "Dolly" are to mark it as a supplementary (non-defining) appositive noun phrase.
- At the house of Prince Stepan "Stiva" Oblonsky in Moscow.
- His wife , Princess Daria "Dolly", catches Stiva and the governess of their five children having *** in a closet, having found the governess' note to her husband .
- The commas each side of "Princess Daria "Dolly" are to mark it as a supplementary (non-defining) appositive noun phrase.
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At the house of Prince Stepan "Stiva" Oblonsky in Moscow. His wife, Princess Daria "Dolly", catches Stiva and the governess of their five children having *** in a closet, having found the governess' note to her husband.
The commas each side of "Princess Daria "Dolly" are to mark it as a supplementary (non-defining) appositive noun phrase.
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