laughalittle  +  39843 Thu, 29 Jul 04 05:27 AM Hi, there, my colleague and I have different opinions towards one sentence and pls help us to find who is right (we bet on the result). My sentence: "The technical solution of claim 1; namely, the "use of compounds of formula (1) in the treatment of human mucosa", uses living humans." But my colleague insisted on using comma in front of "namely". So who is right? laughalittle Joined on Thu, Jul 29 2004 Beijing New Member 02 Life is elsewhere Commas

	Hellion  +  39905 Thu, 29 Jul 04 04:45 PM Your colleague is correct. The entire clause starting with "namely" is a subordinate clause. Subordinate clauses should be offset by commas; semicolons are only used to indicate a significant break. For that matter, I'd leave off the quotes around "use of ... mucosa" too. Hellion Joined on Thu, Jul 29 2004 New Member 01 Clauses, Colons, Commas, Semicolons

	laughalittle  +  40027 Fri, 30 Jul 04 09:54 AM Thank you, Hellion. And I can also write this sentence as follows? The technical solution of claim 1—the "use of compounds of formula (1) in the treatment of human mucosa"—uses living humans. Cheers laughalittle