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Commas with Names and Titles
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There is often confusion about when to set off people's
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names or the titles of books, movies, etc. with commas. If
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the name or title specifies which person, book, etc. is being
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referred to, then it is essential to the meaning of the
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sentence and should not be set off with commas.
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Her oldest brother, Jim, is leaving for college tomorrow.
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In the example above, we have already specified that her
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"oldest brother" is leaving for college. His name is not
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essential to the meaning of the sentence (since she can
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only have one oldest brother) and so we set off his name
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with commas. Consider these examples.
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Her brother, Jim, is leaving for college tomorrow.
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(She only has one brother, so the name is not essential
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to the meaning of the sentence.)
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Her brother Jim is leaving for college tomorrow.
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(She has more than one brother, and it is Jim who is
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leaving tomorrow. Jim's name specifies which brother
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is leaving and is, therefore, essential to the meaning
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of the sentence.)
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