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Tom Byrnes
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:01 am
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I'm having trouble deciding whether commas are needed before and after
"1954" in the sentence, "Jim's June 1954 account of the
accident.....," since that would seemingly add an unecessary and
unwanted pause So I thought I'd let youse guys mince duh words for me
LOL
Thanks in advance.
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Freddy
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:01 am
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"Tom Byrnes" <byrnes201> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I'm having trouble deciding whether commas are needed before and after
"1954" in the sentence, "Jim's June 1954 account of the
accident.....," since that would seemingly add an unecessary and
unwanted pause So I thought I'd let youse guys mince duh words for me
LOL
Thanks in advance.
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"Jim's accident account dated June 1954..." Maybe?
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David Fisher
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:01 am
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Tom Byrnes wrote:
| Quote: | I'm having trouble deciding whether commas are needed before and after
"1954" in the sentence, "Jim's June 1954 account of the
accident.....," since that would seemingly add an unecessary and
unwanted pause. So I thought I'd let youse guys mince duh words for me
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No comma after "1954" ... I wouldn't put a comma before it either, but some
people might.
BTW, less alliteration might sound better. You could say:
Jim's account of the accident in June 1954 ...
Or if that sounds too ambiguous (is the date referring to Jim's account or
the accident itself ?):
Jim's account of the accident given in June 1954 ...
Jim's account of the accident from June 1954 ...
The account of the accident that Jim gave in June 1954 ...
David Fisher
Sydney, Australia
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Stan Brown
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:02 am
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"David Fisher" <david@hsa.com.au> wrote in alt.usage.english:
| Quote: | Tom Byrnes wrote:
I'm having trouble deciding whether commas are needed before and after
"1954" in the sentence, "Jim's June 1954 account of the
accident.....," since that would seemingly add an unecessary and
unwanted pause. So I thought I'd let youse guys mince duh words for me
No comma after "1954" ... I wouldn't put a comma before it either, but some
people might.
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I hope not. "1954" is the answer to "which June?" and needs either a
pair of commas or none.
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa-
days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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Jonathan Jones
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:05 am
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Tom Byrnes <byrnes201> wrote:
| Quote: | I'm having trouble deciding whether commas are needed before and after
"1954" in the sentence, "Jim's June 1954 account of the
accident.....," since that would seemingly add an unecessary and
unwanted pause So I thought I'd let youse guys mince duh words for me
LOL
Thanks in advance.
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I might use a hyphen: "Jim's June-1954 account..."
-Jon J. |
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