My friend Bob Sacamano

Dear teacher,
should we put commas here?

My friend,(?) Bob Sacamano,(?) had shock treatments.

Thank you.

sbrodsky said:

Dear teacher,
should we put commas here?

My friend,(?) Bob Sacamano,(?) had shock treatments.

Thank you.

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I would say yes.

sbrodsky said:

Dear teacher,
should we put commas here? Use commas if you have only one friend and his name is Bob Sacamano.

My friend,(?) Bob Sacamano,(?) had shock treatments.

Thank you.

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2006

sbrodsky said:

Dear teacher,
should we put commas here?

My friend,(?) Bob Sacamano,(?) had shock treatments.

Thank you.

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I think that you should put the both commas because you have to separate the attribute apozitional (Bob Sacamano) from the rest of the sentence.

Kintzacos said:

I think that you should put the both commas because you have to separate the attribute apozitional (Bob Sacamano) from the rest of the sentence.

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Also you have to tell me if I'm wrong . Please

Again, I agree with 2006: don't use commas if you have more than one friend.

Rover

sbrodsky said:

Dear teacher,
should we put commas here?

My friend,(?) Bob Sacamano,(?) had shock treatments.

Thank you.

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NOT A TEACHER

(1) My brother, Tom, is an engineer. = I have one brother. The two

commas show that Tom is extra, non-essential information that can

be erased without affecting the basic meaning of the sentence:

My brother is an engineer.

(2) My brother Tom (pronounced loudly) is an engineer. = I have

at least two brothers. So I did not use commas. The word Tom is vital

information that cannot be erased. In other words:

It is my brother Tom who is an engineer, not my brother Joe.

:-D

I assume I can use comma in the following sentence even if I have more than one brother.

Tom, my brother, is an engineer.

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