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10-14-2012 , 08:32 PM
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Sentences such as this one really annoy me (as much as the over-use of the word "amazing"). I don't understand why he or she needs to immediately follow someone's name. Can anyone explain this?
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10-14-2012 , 08:33 PM
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Paul, he made an amazingly terrible thread.
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10-14-2012 , 08:35 PM
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Amazing first reply
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10-14-2012 , 08:43 PM
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Paul, he made an amazingly terrible thread.
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10-14-2012 , 08:51 PM
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K.O.S., he is OK by me.
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10-14-2012 , 09:20 PM
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Dids, he let the thread live because it became amusing
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10-14-2012 , 09:21 PM
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I don't understand why he or she needs to immediately follow someone's name. Can anyone explain this?
It emphasizes who it was doing the action.

Apologies for not joining in the fun.
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10-14-2012 , 09:54 PM
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I have other beefs with grammar and punctuation besides the example op gave. I'm glad oot finally has a place for nits to unite and discuss these issues.
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10-14-2012 , 09:58 PM
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Are you going to finish your story about John?
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10-14-2012 , 10:03 PM
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HE WENT TO THE STORE.
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10-14-2012 , 10:59 PM
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(¬J ∧ ¬H) -> ¬S
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10-14-2012 , 11:00 PM
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He went to the store, John.
John, he went to the store.

We're speaking to John, John is not 'he'.
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10-14-2012 , 11:13 PM
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He went to the store, John.
John, he went to the store.

We're speaking to John, John is not 'he'.
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10-14-2012 , 11:19 PM
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He, John, went to the store.
Last edited by Howard Beale; 10-14-2012 at 11:19 PM. Reason: xtra comma to aggravate OP.
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10-14-2012 , 11:25 PM
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with the comma placement 'he' can easily be the name of another person that John is going to the store with.
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10-14-2012 , 11:30 PM
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Maybe we're John.
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10-14-2012 , 11:34 PM
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with the comma placement 'he' can easily be the name of another person that John is going to the store with.
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Maybe we're John.
The mystery deepens.
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10-14-2012 , 11:49 PM
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It's a Chinese guy named John He imo.
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10-15-2012 , 12:01 AM
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John, he went to the store.
He, John went to the store.
To the store he, John went.
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10-15-2012 , 05:27 AM
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you misheard

Johnny went to the store.
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10-15-2012 , 06:49 AM
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you misheard

Johnny went to the store.
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10-15-2012 , 10:19 AM
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You're probably just bad at listening.

"John? He went to the store" as opposed to "John, he went to the store".
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10-15-2012 , 11:07 AM
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You're probably just bad at listening.
Agreed.

Probably said Johnny went to the store and OP was confused.
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