Help with Punctuation

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nse
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Help with Punctuation

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Please advise on how to punctuate the following sentence with commas.

Judy my mother and Tomy my father went to visit Grandpa.
PurpleDuck
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nse wrote:Please advise on how to punctuate the following sentence with commas.

Judy my mother and Tomy my father went to visit Grandpa.
Judy, my mother, and Tomy, my father, went to visit Grandpa.

The only way I can interpret this sentence is that Judy and Tomy are the mother and father of the person who went to visit his/her Grandpa.
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+1
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Post by onebigdilemma »

I am rubbish, I wouldn't have put one before and.
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Re: Help with Punctuation

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'My mother'and 'my father' are relative clauses , so are surrounded by commas...I think!
nse
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Many thanks Purpleduck. I was assuming the same as you suggested.
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I agree, yoyo123.
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And you can remove the words surrounded by commas without changing the meaning of the sentence.

JD
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yoyo123 wrote:'My mother'and 'my father' are relative clauses , so are surrounded by commas...I think!
They are certainly relatives :lol:
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Guest55 wrote:
yoyo123 wrote:'My mother'and 'my father' are relative clauses , so are surrounded by commas...I think!
They are certainly relatives :lol:
:lol: :lol:
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