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Usage of Comma
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:08 pm
by earleymom
Hi All
Which is correct? "Me and my brother John went to school" or "Me and my brother, John, went to school" ?
My DS says a comma is needed, I'm not sure. Any suggestions?
Re: Usage of Comma
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:12 pm
by ToadMum
"My brother John and I went to school" if you have more than one brother, or "My brother, John, and I went to school" if you only have the one brother and you wish the listener / reader to know that his name is John....
Re: Usage of Comma
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:13 pm
by earleymom
Thanks Toadmum..
Re: Usage of Comma
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:30 pm
by Amber
As an aside, if you're not sure whether to use 'I' or 'me' then just imagine the sentence without the other person in it. You wouldn't say 'me went to school' but 'I went to school'.
One of my particular bugbears is 'give it to John or I'. Almost as bad as 'contact John or myself'. You wouldn't say 'contact myself' unless you were very pretentious.
Sorry, OT - a little bit.
Re: Usage of Comma
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:40 pm
by yoyo123
my pet hate too , Amber ( well , one of them!)
Re: Usage of Comma
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:42 pm
by anxiousparent11plus
Is there any good website for Punctuations?
Re: Usage of Comma
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:04 pm
by doodles
We were always taught that you should be able to take the bit in commas out of the sentence and it will still make sense. Mind you that's does presume the sentence makes sense in the first place
