🔒 Closed What is correct: "Sorry Mary, you were wrong" or "Sorry, Mary you were wrong"?

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plhbg1

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Neither sentence is correct.

It should be: “Sorry, Mary, you were wrong.”

It is not the location of the comma that should be of interest.

The noun, “Mary,” is being used in the vocative case, and, therefore, should be preceded and followed by a comma.
 
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