Re: Question regarding use of comma
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Dankie! Ek sal so maak in gevalle waar dit sal werk. Ek waardeer jou inset.
Groete Therina van der Westhuizen
To avoid excessive comma usage, I would just say: Burgemeester David Khalipha se beloftes .... or ... Besturende direkteur Koos van der Merwe het genoem ... ? ? ? I am often in the position where I have to translate something like this to English and then I always?rephrase, but it gets clumsy. That is why I'm asking how and where to use commas in such instances. Die burgemeester, David Khalipha, se beloftes ... > The Mayor's, David Khalipha, promises ... [is this acceptable?] Therina van der Westhuizen ? ? That is what I am inclined to do as well. Would this work? ... the employee's, Mr Maegala, dismissal?was ruled substantively unfair Which relates to my question in the second instance too. The Department of Water and Sanitation's (DWS) decision to ... Can you add information after the apostrophe s indicating possession, either in brackets or commas, before the thing possessed (if that makes any sense). Or is it always?better to rephrase and use "of"? Therina van der Westhuizen ? ? I would say ¡° ... the dismissal of the employee, Mr Maegala, was ruled....¡± On Thu, 18 Apr 2024, 11:33 Therina Van der Westhuizen via , <therinavanderwesthuizen24=[email protected]> wrote: I am unsure about how to use the comma in the following?instance: ...?the employee, Mr Maegala¡¯s dismissal was ruled substantively unfair ...?the employee, Mr Maegala¡¯s, dismissal was ruled substantively unfair Should it?be the first or the second? I also wonder about cases where abbreviations are included in brackets, for example: The Department of Water and Sanitation's (DWS) decision to ... Or should it be rephrased to: The decision by the?Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to ... Would love to hear your thoughts. Therina van der Westhuizen
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