Timeline for What's the correct use of a comma when thanking someone?
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| Nov 23, 2021 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1463251025087848455 | ||
| Nov 23, 2021 at 17:14 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 23, 2021 at 17:13 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'd use "Hello Ben!" if we'd lost contact for 15 years, but "Hello, Ben(!)" for a more normal, less emotive greeting. I'd pronounce them differently, and usually leave the measured space the comma signals. | |
| Nov 23, 2021 at 15:52 | answer | added | Nèd | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 20, 2015 at 9:21 | vote | accept | Øyvind | ||
| Nov 20, 2015 at 9:21 | comment | added | Øyvind | Poor grandma. :-) I'll stick to my guns, then, and always set off with a comma. I thought it was right, but had one of those moments when I thought it just looked wrong. | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 19:36 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Either is fine. The "rules" say that the name of the person you're addressing should be set off with a comma, but that comes across as overly formal in a brief email or text message, unless the comma is needed to disambiguate the sentence. (Consider the slightly longer sentences "Let's eat, Grandma" and "Let's eat Grandma".) | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 18:29 | answer | added | JemButters | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 13, 2015 at 8:48 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 13, 2015 at 8:06 | comment | added | deadrat | Punctuation is a matter of style, and style matters least in informal writing like "quick replies to emails." Most style manuals advise separating the vocative (i.e., a noun direct address) with a comma. | |
| Nov 13, 2015 at 8:03 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 13, 2015 at 8:01 | history | asked | Øyvind | CC BY-SA 3.0 |