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paride1970
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 Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:32 am Post subject: My brother, Peter, is an architect. |
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Is it correct to use the commas around "Peter" in the sentence below? If so, would you please explain why the commas are needed?
My brother, Peter, is an architect.
Thank you. |
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Lorikeet
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: My brother, Peter, is an architect. |
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| paride1970 wrote: |
Is it correct to use the commas around "Peter" in the sentence below? If so, would you please explain why the commas are needed?
My brother, Peter, is an architect.
Thank you. |
I wouldn't use the commas either, whether they are grammatical or not  . So I can't explain it. It's such a short sentence. If it were something like, "My brother Peter, who is an architect, lives in a different city than I do" it would make more sense to use them. |
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