Subj : Grammar in the Bar
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Gleb Hlebov
Date : Wed May 22 2024 11:44:14

Hi Ardith,

Mon 20 May 2024 at 23:52, you wrote to Dallas Hinton:

 GH>> p.s.:
 GH>> How are you Dallas?  -- or
 GH>> How are you, Dallas?
 GH>> Comma or none?
 DH>> Oh yes, the comma is needed, imo. Otherwise the first example
 DH>> could be read as: How! Are you Dallas?
 DH>> :-)
 AH> From a grammatical standpoint I presume what he needs to know is that
 AH> in English the comma is used with the vocative... e.g.

Thanks. Of that, me knows now. :-)

 AH> My initial reaction was that he had not expected to hear from you
 AH> too....  :-))

There happened to be an "accidental" message from Dallas with nothing but a full-quoted earlier message from me, and I chose to respond, because -- why not?


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