...composition entitied,.

[Tan Elaine]

She wrote a composition entitied, "My ambition".

Is a comma needed after "entitled"?

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

Yes.

 

[Rover_KE]

No, and you spelt 'entitled' wrong twice.

(For once, I disagree with bhai.)

 

[bubbha]

She wrote a composition entitled, "My ambition".

Is a comma needed after "entitled"?

No. It's wrong to put a comma there.

 

[tedmc]

You would need a comma if the sentence is written:

She wrote a composition, "My Ambition".

 

[Raymott]

It used to be needed. I probably wouldn't use one these days, since the sentence flows normally. I'd use a comma in, "This sentence contains a comma".

 

[emsr2d2]

I would use a comma in neither the original sentence nor the example in post #6.

 

[Tan Elaine]

You would need a comma if the sentence is written:

She wrote a composition, "My Ambition".

A comma would be necessary if I removed 'entitled'.

 

[emsr2d2]

A comma would be necessary if I removed 'entitled'.

Are you asking us or telling us?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

No, and you spelt 'entitled' wrong twice.

(For once, I disagree with bhai.)

And you spelled "spelled" wrong once! Unless you're talking about this stuff:

I know, I know. British English is funny. I just got a copy of Cambridge Grammar of English out of the library. I've only flipped through a few pages so far, and my mind is already blown. Apparently, "cos" is a word! And "gonna"! Who knew?

So - spelt, it is!

 

[tedmc]

I realise that a comma is also not required when used with a restrictive clause. Putting the comma means that was the only composition she wrote, but she could have written more.

She wrote a composition "My Ambition". (There are other compositions she has written)
She wrote a composition, "My Ambition". (That is the only composition she wrote)

https://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/comma/28/comma-setting-off-restrictive-clauses/

The phrase," composition entitled "The Ambition"", is read as a single item, so the comma should not be there.

 

[Tdol]

Dropping the comma in appostional phrases seems to be growing in popularity, and what once would have looked strange looks perfectly normal to me.