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Regarding a use of comma.

 
 
Razer
 
Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2010 03:07 pm
Sentence: This is Raj who, I'm told, defended his case brilliantly on a TV channel.

My question: Did I use the comma correctly in the sentence? Or, have I committed comma splice?

Thanks and regards
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Ragman
 
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Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2010 04:47 pm
Use of the comma within that instance, is parenthetical:

Sentence: ""This is Raj, whom I'm told, defended his case brilliantly on a TV channel.

Note the usage of the word whom in place of 'who''.
Razer
 
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Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2010 05:12 pm
Thanks
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Ragman
 
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Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2010 09:07 pm
@Razer,
sorry, I was a bit hsasty,

Sentence: "This is Raj whom, I'm told, defended his case brilliantly on a TV channel."

Sorry, I erred. The parenthetical phrase consits of "I'm told."
Proof of that would be to write the sentence without that phrase:


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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2010 09:21 pm
@Ragman,
Pronoun. The original sentence had the right pronoun--who. Whom is wrong. "Who," the subjective pronoun, is the subject of the rest of the sentence after the parenthetical phrase--"who defended his case ..."
Ragman
 
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Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2010 09:32 pm
@Roberta,
Roberta is right. After looking at a few more times, follow her advice.

See, even those who speak the language, and at one time were professional communicators, mess that up, too.
roger
 
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Reply Sat 21 Aug, 2010 09:33 pm
@Ragman,
Trust me. I would answer more questions if I had more answers.
Ragman
 
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Reply Sun 22 Aug, 2010 03:05 pm
@roger,
Ask not for whom the bell tolls..."
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