Grrlscout wrote:
>
> 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...
It does. Thanks.
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