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   TID: hpt/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2024-03-02   
   Hi Ardith,   
      
   Mon 20 May 2024 at 23:52, you wrote to Dallas Hinton:   
      
    GH>> p.s.:   
    GH>> How are you Dallas?  -- or   
    GH>> How are you, Dallas?   
    GH>> Comma or none?   
    DH>> Oh yes, the comma is needed, imo. Otherwise the first example   
    DH>> could be read as: How! Are you Dallas?   
    DH>> :-)   
    AH> From a grammatical standpoint I presume what he needs to know is that   
    AH> in English the comma is used with the vocative... e.g.   
      
   Thanks. Of that, me knows now. :-)   
      
    AH> My initial reaction was that he had not expected to hear from you   
    AH> too....  :-))   
      
   There happened to be an "accidental" message from Dallas with nothing but a   
   full-quoted earlier message from me, and I chose to respond, because -- why   
   not?   
      
      
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