https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:22:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904678 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:24:04 +0000 LBee 1904678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The more important question is what does the birth announcement look like? I :heart: all things paper! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904670 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:15:58 +0000 Mamaof2 1904670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee: yep that is what we used too!</p> <p> "Proudly welcomed home by C, A, and Big Brother L" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904655 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 06:44:57 +0000 Adira 1904655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you were doing a normal list of three things, the correct way to use your commas would be either:</p> <p>"item A, item B, and item C" or<br /> "item A, item B and item C"</p> <p>So I'd suggest going with @ChiCalGoBee: suggestion of saying "Proudly welcomed home by C, A, and Big Brother L". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904595 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:55:38 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 1904595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could also say "Proudly welcomed home by C, A, and Big Brother L" (I've seen it done in a similar vein to this before). I'm an English major, too, and still find myself playing around with "correct" grammar while having it sound the way I want. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904553 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:55:45 +0000 wonderstruck 1904553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: That's a relief! I'm almost done with my degree and am majoring in English, so I was a bit embarrassed to ask. Haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904551 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:54:34 +0000 IRunForFun 1904551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: No problem! I write for a newspaper and still get confused about proper comma usage sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904550 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:52:09 +0000 wonderstruck 1904550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: @redeyedtreefr0g: Duh, don't know why I didn't see either of those options! I'm over-analyzing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904547 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:50:21 +0000 redeyedtreefr0g 1904547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or<br /> Welcomed home by proud parents C and A, and big brother L. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904543 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:46:44 +0000 IRunForFun 1904543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welcomed home by proud parents C and A, and big brother, L.</p> <p>ETA: Just eliminate the first comma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-question#post-1904538 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:43:24 +0000 wonderstruck 1904538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should know the answer to this, but I've written it out a million ways and it never looks right. I'm putting together D's birth announcement, and the commas in this sentence are driving me crazy! Which is correct?</p> <p>Welcomed home by proud parents, C and A, and big brother, L.<br /> or<br /> Welcomed home by proud parents C and A and big brother L.</p> <p>Or is there some option I'm not seeing? I feel like the first option has too many commas and the second option has too few. This is stupid but this was the fastest way I could think of to get a definitive answer since google wasn't helpful. </p>