Punctuation Puzzle

[TheParser]

In a newspaper today, I read a sentence similar to the following:

I visited Paris, France's Eiffel Tower.

Is the punctuation correct?

Thank you.

 

[Barb_D]

Ugh!

That screams for a rewrite.

I face a similar problem often. For legal reasons, I have to write essentially the equivalent of "Using English (UE)" whenever I mention my company the first time. People send me stuff that reads "UE's expertise in ...." and I have to figure out how to write something that's not "Using English (UE)'s expertise in..."

Anyway, same basic problem.

The Eiffel Tower of Paris, France.

 

[TheParser]

Ugh!

That screams for a rewrite.

I face a similar problem often. For legal reasons, I have to write essentially the equivalent of "Using English (UE)" whenever I mention my company the first time. People send me stuff that reads "UE's expertise in ...." and I have to figure out how to write something that's not "Using English (UE)'s expertise in..."

Anyway, same basic problem.

The Eiffel Tower of Paris, France.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Good morning, Ms. Barbara D.

Thank you so much for the informative reply.

I had read a similar sentence published in a free newspaper intended for twenty- and thirtysomethings (I am definitely not the intended demographic).

I guess the whippersnapper who wrote that line was not schooled in the finer points of English.

I admit, however, that I really like it.

(a) It's short and snappy.

(b) I guess we could treat "Paris, France" as a unit, thus deserving of the apostrophe.

(c) As you said, however, this would never do in serious, formal writing.

Thanks again for helping me to better understand my language.

 

[bhaisahab]

In a newspaper today, I read a sentence similar to the following:

I visited Paris, France's Eiffel Tower.

Is the punctuation correct?

Thank you.

Written and punctuated like that, it reads like Paris is France's Eiffel Tower.

 

[TheParser]

Written and punctuated like that, it reads like Paris is France's Eiffel Tower.

Excellent point, sir. I did not see that. Thank you very much.