When a comma goes missing ....

[honeybee]

Analyze this:

Mr Lloyd was married with two children aged 21 and 11 and lived in Buckinghamshire.

Where it should have had a comma after the word "married"

That sentence has been taken out of this article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2878777.stm

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[BodwadUK]

It sounds perfectly ok to me???

It does not indicate he IS married to his children if thats what you mean


Sad news though

[honeybee]

Originally posted by BodwadUK
It sounds perfectly ok to me???

It does not indicate he IS married to his children if thats what you mean

Yeah, to be extremely accurate, the sentence might pass, because it uses "with" and not "to", but the comma still would have been better...

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[Nightwalker83]

Mr Lloyd was married, with two children aged 21 and 11 and lived in Buckinghamshire.

[honeybee]

That's a tad better, thank you, NW

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[plenderj]

That's a very common sentence structure, to say that someone is married with a certain number of children.
Its a proper expression, so the original sentence is okay

[honeybee]

Originally posted by plenderj
That's a very common sentence structure, to say that someone is married with a certain number of children.
Its a proper expression, so the original sentence is okay

Agreed, but still, with a comma in the right place, that sentence becomes perfect.

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[swatty]

Originally posted by honeybee
Agreed, but still, with a comma in the right place, that sentence becomes perfect.

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With the comma in this sentence , the sentence is no longer okay.

[BodwadUK]

Ah well who cares about the sentence. Are you not supposed to care about the person its on about????

[honeybee]

Originally posted by BodwadUK
Ah well who cares about the sentence. Are you not supposed to care about the person its on about????

Bodwad, I started this thread only to discuss a particular sentence. The link posted in the first post is only a guide to the place from where I picked up the sentence. Therefore the discussion of the person whom the sentence refers to is irrelevant here. Note the word "irrelevant", find out its meaning first, and then comment if you are going to label me inhuman, inconsiderate, American basher etc. etc. etc.

In short, if you want to discuss the person in question, please use another thread, no disrespect meant to you or the person.

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[BodwadUK]

I dont think i have ever actually called you an American Basher!!!!

Have I????


I was making a point that was not an accusation against you please dont take it personnaly because it wasnt meant like that

[plenderj]

Originally posted by BodwadUK
I dont think i have ever actually called you an American Basher!!!!

Have I????


I was making a point that was not an accusation against you please dont take it personnaly because it wasnt meant like that

See HB ?
Now he's saying you're a homosexual and that you like to molest rabbits

[honeybee]

Originally posted by BodwadUK
I dont think i have ever actually called you an American Basher!!!!

Have I????


I was making a point that was not an accusation against you please dont take it personnaly because it wasnt meant like that

That's alright, I didn't actually say you had called me an America basher, so treat my post as a general disclaimer of sorts

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[honeybee]

Originally posted by plenderj
See HB ?
Now he's saying you're a homosexual and that you like to molest rabbits

Bodwad, you damn fool, just because I let you in on a secret of mine doesn't mean you should go around shoutcasting it!!

I will get you for this !!

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[swatty]

If you can catch him, take him in the

[BodwadUK]

Its the Rabbit i felt sorry for


RUN RABBIT RUN RABBIT RUN RUN RUN!!!

Or is that what you said in your 'Hide And Seek' games you play

[OrdinaryGuy]

Mr Lloyd was married with two children aged 21 and 11 and lived in Buckinghamshire.

Honeybee, that sentence is perfectly OK. If you insist on a comma (coz i guess you have this thing with putting your period in cuckoo land), the best you can do is turn the middle part into a clause by inserting 2 commas

Mr Lloyd was married, with two children aged 21 and 11, and lived in Buckinghamshire.

[honeybee]

Originally posted by OrdinaryGuy
Mr Lloyd was married, with two children aged 21 and 11, and lived in Buckinghamshire.

That would be a very perfect sentence. I am happy to see your knowledge of English grammar.

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