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Comments

Re: Pet peeves!

[(Anonymous)]

Improper comma use in dialogue for people names when talking to that person. It's in every single fic. Please fanfic authors learn the correct usage of the commas!!!!!!!!!

Most authors either totally forget the comma or use it just after their name in the middle of the dialogue, "You Clint, need to go home." No, it's "You, Clint, need to go home." Is Clint's first name you? No, it's not. Clint is Clint's first name.

At the beginning of a sentence: "Clint I want you to go home". No, just no. It's, "Clint, I want you to go home."

At the middle of a sentence, there are 2, count 'em, people, 2 commas: "Hey, Phil wants you, Clint, to go home." See that? When you're addressing someone you're supposed to place a comma before the name and after name in dialogue.

At the end of a sentence: "I want you to go home, Clint." See that? The comma goes before the name.

Also, the same applies if you're calling them an nickname such as dear, honey, sweetheart, etc. "(Dear,) I want you, dear, to go home (,dear).

Also if you're calling them names: "(Asshole), I want you, asshole, to go home (,asshole)."

Basically, it goes around the term you're using to address someone with. In an earlier sentence in the comment, I used people as the term to I put a comma before people and after people.

If you're just talking about someone, then you don't set their name off in commas. "Tasha, please tell Clint to go home." No commas around Clint since he's being spoken about, but there is after Tasha since she's being talked to.

I'm so freaking tired of trying to figure out who the author is talking about or talking to. I'm tired of "gems" like this, "Clint Coulson is in the briefing room."

Do you mean: A) Clint married Coulson and took his name and you're now telling someone where Clint Coulson's location is?

B)Did you forget your comma? Who are you addressing? Did you mean: "Clint, Coulson is in the briefing room?", which means you're telling Clint that Coulson is in the b.r. B/c the comma is after Clint and there is no comma after Coulson, I know you're talking to Clint.

Or C)"Clint, Coulson, is in the b.r.", which means you're telling Coulson that Clint is in the b.r. B/c the comma is before and after Coulson, I know you're telling Clint that Coulson is in the b.r.

Most authors either totally forget the comma or use it just after their name in the middle of the dialogue, "You Clint, need to go home." No, it's "You, Clint, need to go home."

THANK YOU.

Re: Pet peeves!

[(Anonymous)]

I actually don't see that nearly as much as I do commas shoved in random places where they don't belong. "They were, going to the store" or "He, came over to, my house". Just...what?

Re: Pet peeves!

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yeah, I see that too some but it's less common in the fandoms I read in. I really wasn't kidding about it being nearly every fic I read. I'm even coming across in pro published books these days, which really pisses me off since I've paid money for what's supposed to be professionally edited and it's, well, it's not imo. I'll give free passes to fanfic, but not pros.