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would you place commas around the authors name?
Posted: 09 Aug 2019, 07:56
by KendraRobinson
which way would you write this sentence:
1.) Executive Hoodlum: Negotiating on the Corner of Main and Mean by John Costello is a memoir...
2.) Executive Hoodlum: Negotiating on the Corner of Main and mean, by John Costello, is a memoir...
Re: would you place commas around the authors name?
Posted: 09 Aug 2019, 10:55
by louellabry
The fewer commas the better. Always.
Re: would you place commas around the authors name?
Posted: 09 Aug 2019, 19:29
by unamilagra
Both ways are correct.
Re: would you place commas around the authors name?
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 04:48
by Nikolas Farmakis
I think both are acceptable, but I would pick the second one so that the sentence is more clear and structured.
Re: would you place commas around the authors name?
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 09:08
by MrsCatInTheHat
Both ways are technically correct.
Re: would you place commas around the authors name?
Posted: 12 Nov 2019, 11:24
by Juliet+1
I would get around the problem by writing "John Costello's Executive Hoodlum . . . . is a memoir..." This produces a tighter sentence too.
Re: would you place commas around the authors name?
Posted: 20 Dec 2019, 10:30
by grace11cephas
I would preferably omit commas and use the first format.