Frederick Williams wrote:
> How to name a couple?
>
> Sir Crispin, and Lady Zenobia, Flowerdew
>
> or
>
> Sir Crispin and Lady Zenobia Flowerdew?
>
> The first makes the fragrant Lady Zenobia seem like an afterthought,
> while the second suggests the possibility that Sir Crispin is not a
> Flowerdew.
>
> [An afterthought: if one actually wanted to convey that Sir Crispin is
> not a Flowerdew would one write
>
> Sir Crispin, and Lady Zenobia Flowerdew?]
>
Option one doesn't make sense. Sir C and Lady Z are grouped together
by the comma, but what comes after doesn't make sense.
Opeion two implies they are both Flowerdews.
Option three implies that Sir Crispin isn't a Flowerdew, but Lady Z is.
Hope this helps...
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