Comma separating subject from verb and object?

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Anonymous

#523415 Thu, 05 Jun 08 04:17 PM

Hello everyone,

our English teacher gave us an (hopefully) interesting grammar challenge in class. He asked us to write a subject verb object sentence, in which the subject is separated from the verb and object by a comma. I tried to similar sentences:

New York, New York, is a city.
April 2nd, 1983, is my birthday.

He said that they are both not correct, but that I was close to the answer. Maybe one of you can help out, or just point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance for any thought you are goingto put into this.

Aaron

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Grammar, Verbs, Commas

Clive

#523426 Thu, 05 Jun 08 05:03 PM

Hi,

Would you consider this?

Tom, an engineer, loves Mary.

Best wishes, Clive

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Verbs, Commas

CalifJim

#523640 Fri, 06 Jun 08 03:56 AM

The comma (,) is a useful punctuation mark.

CalifJim

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Anonymous

#523681 Fri, 06 Jun 08 07:40 AM

Clive
Hi,
Would you consider this?
Tom, an engineer, loves Mary.

Best wishes, Clive

Hello Clive,

I certainly would consider it, but my teacher would not. What he wants is one comma separating the subject from the verb and object.

CalifJim
The comma (,) is a useful punctuation mark.
CJ

Hello CJ,

although this looks very promising, I am not sure if one is allowed to put a comma there. Is there a rule that states that you are allowed to do that?

Aaron

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Verbs, Commas, Punctuation