awesome95  +  22437 Sat, 14 Feb 04 06:12 AM or: I am you host, Conan O'brian. I don't think It needs a comma, but I'm not positive. awesome95 Joined on Wed, Jan 28 2004 New Member 18 Commas

	Conus Lotus  +  22438 Sat, 14 Feb 04 06:44 AM Hi, I am your audience - Conan Lotus, and I'm sorry to say I'm not sure either. Undoubtedly someone else will be able to answer in due course. Awesome! Bye Conus Lotus Joined on Wed, Jan 28 2004 Heavenly Lake Namtso, Tibet Full Member 202 When the hand of the ruler is light, the people do not contrive.

	pedant  +  22442 Sat, 14 Feb 04 07:33 AM You need the comma. The proper noun is parenthetical. You can test this by lopping it off: "I am your host." The meaning is preserved. Compare this to "I thought I saw aunt Jane." No comma, because "I thought I saw aunt" doesn't quite work. pedant Joined on Thu, Dec 18 2003 Full Member 104 Nouns, Commas

	Pemmican  +  22528 Sun, 15 Feb 04 07:59 PM >>"I thought I saw aunt" Actually it works if you said "I thought I saw my aunt" - with no comma, and in this case, "aunt" is no proper noun, as well as "host" is not in "I am your host." With your rule, you also have a comma in "I am your aunt, Linda Miller", which is correct I would say, but I wouldn't use a comma in the sentence "I am your aunt Linda", would you? If I used a comma here, then it'd seem to me as Linda is the person who is addressed by this: "I am your aunt, Linda." "I am your host Conan" and "I am your host, Conan" seem to follow the same rule. Pemmican Joined on Thu, Aug 21 2003 Regular Member 569 Wâ mag ich mich nu vinden? wâ mac ich mich nu suochen, wâ? nu bin ich hie und bin ouch dâ und enbin doch weder dâ noch hie. wer wart ouch sus verirret ie? wer wart ie sus... Nouns, Commas