Comma after “among others”?
Is the comma placement after word "others' in the sentence below correct?
He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties and among others, sensitivity to light.
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Is the comma placement after word "others' in the sentence below correct?
He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties and among others, sensitivity to light.
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I'd also put a comma before "among", since "among others" is a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
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(Though "among other symptoms" would probably be a better way to word it.)
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
Hi Hot Licks, If I used "among other symptoms" would i still use a comma before "among" and after "symptoms"?
– Alex K
Jan 3 at 1:27
It would still be a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:28
1
What the sentence seems to be saying is: He came to experience (1) chronic pain, (2) balance difficulties, and (3) sensitivity to light. Maybe it's being said facetiously. But even if we accept that, the use of among others is strange. Among other what? I believe it should be the singular other, followed by some kind of noun. Also, looking at punctuation again, if that's fixed, I would add a comma before among, not remove the existing one.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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Is the comma placement after word "others' in the sentence below correct?
He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties and among others, sensitivity to light.
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Is the comma placement after word "others' in the sentence below correct?
He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties and among others, sensitivity to light.
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I'd also put a comma before "among", since "among others" is a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
1
(Though "among other symptoms" would probably be a better way to word it.)
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
Hi Hot Licks, If I used "among other symptoms" would i still use a comma before "among" and after "symptoms"?
– Alex K
Jan 3 at 1:27
It would still be a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:28
1
What the sentence seems to be saying is: He came to experience (1) chronic pain, (2) balance difficulties, and (3) sensitivity to light. Maybe it's being said facetiously. But even if we accept that, the use of among others is strange. Among other what? I believe it should be the singular other, followed by some kind of noun. Also, looking at punctuation again, if that's fixed, I would add a comma before among, not remove the existing one.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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I'd also put a comma before "among", since "among others" is a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
1
(Though "among other symptoms" would probably be a better way to word it.)
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
Hi Hot Licks, If I used "among other symptoms" would i still use a comma before "among" and after "symptoms"?
– Alex K
Jan 3 at 1:27
It would still be a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:28
1
What the sentence seems to be saying is: He came to experience (1) chronic pain, (2) balance difficulties, and (3) sensitivity to light. Maybe it's being said facetiously. But even if we accept that, the use of among others is strange. Among other what? I believe it should be the singular other, followed by some kind of noun. Also, looking at punctuation again, if that's fixed, I would add a comma before among, not remove the existing one.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
I'd also put a comma before "among", since "among others" is a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
I'd also put a comma before "among", since "among others" is a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
1
1
(Though "among other symptoms" would probably be a better way to word it.)
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
(Though "among other symptoms" would probably be a better way to word it.)
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
Hi Hot Licks, If I used "among other symptoms" would i still use a comma before "among" and after "symptoms"?
– Alex K
Jan 3 at 1:27
Hi Hot Licks, If I used "among other symptoms" would i still use a comma before "among" and after "symptoms"?
– Alex K
Jan 3 at 1:27
It would still be a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:28
It would still be a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:28
1
1
What the sentence seems to be saying is: He came to experience (1) chronic pain, (2) balance difficulties, and (3) sensitivity to light. Maybe it's being said facetiously. But even if we accept that, the use of among others is strange. Among other what? I believe it should be the singular other, followed by some kind of noun. Also, looking at punctuation again, if that's fixed, I would add a comma before among, not remove the existing one.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
What the sentence seems to be saying is: He came to experience (1) chronic pain, (2) balance difficulties, and (3) sensitivity to light. Maybe it's being said facetiously. But even if we accept that, the use of among others is strange. Among other what? I believe it should be the singular other, followed by some kind of noun. Also, looking at punctuation again, if that's fixed, I would add a comma before among, not remove the existing one.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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Here are a few ways to improve your text by decorating it with
suitable punctuation, sometimes with a bit of rearrangement or a small word added here and there:
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and, among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and sensitivity to light (among other troubles).
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and—among other troubles—sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and (among other troubles) sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and light sensitivity—among other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain, difficulties with balance, sensitivity to light, and other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, along with light sensitivity and other troubles.
I would add some parallelism so that the second and third
elements have similar patterns: either ① both as a noun
followed by a prepositional phrase, or else ② both as a noun
preceded by another noun used attributely:
- difficulties with balance and sensitivity to light
- balance difficulties and light sensitivity
The risk with choosing the attribute approach using light
sensitivity for parallelism with the previous element is
that that alternative could theoretically be misparsed by
the reader as the adjective light instead of as the noun
light, which is what you mean here.
answered Jan 3 at 3:10
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Here are a few ways to improve your text by decorating it with
suitable punctuation, sometimes with a bit of rearrangement or a small word added here and there:
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and, among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and sensitivity to light (among other troubles).
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and—among other troubles—sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and (among other troubles) sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and light sensitivity—among other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain, difficulties with balance, sensitivity to light, and other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, along with light sensitivity and other troubles.
I would add some parallelism so that the second and third
elements have similar patterns: either ① both as a noun
followed by a prepositional phrase, or else ② both as a noun
preceded by another noun used attributely:
- difficulties with balance and sensitivity to light
- balance difficulties and light sensitivity
The risk with choosing the attribute approach using light
sensitivity for parallelism with the previous element is
that that alternative could theoretically be misparsed by
the reader as the adjective light instead of as the noun
light, which is what you mean here.
answered Jan 3 at 3:10
tchrist♦
108k28290464
Thanks very much!
– Alex K
18 hours ago
add a comment |
Here are a few ways to improve your text by decorating it with
suitable punctuation, sometimes with a bit of rearrangement or a small word added here and there:
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and, among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and sensitivity to light (among other troubles).
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and—among other troubles—sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and (among other troubles) sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and light sensitivity—among other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain, difficulties with balance, sensitivity to light, and other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, along with light sensitivity and other troubles.
I would add some parallelism so that the second and third
elements have similar patterns: either ① both as a noun
followed by a prepositional phrase, or else ② both as a noun
preceded by another noun used attributely:
- difficulties with balance and sensitivity to light
- balance difficulties and light sensitivity
The risk with choosing the attribute approach using light
sensitivity for parallelism with the previous element is
that that alternative could theoretically be misparsed by
the reader as the adjective light instead of as the noun
light, which is what you mean here.
answered Jan 3 at 3:10
tchrist♦
108k28290464
Thanks very much!
– Alex K
18 hours ago
add a comment |
Here are a few ways to improve your text by decorating it with
suitable punctuation, sometimes with a bit of rearrangement or a small word added here and there:
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and, among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and sensitivity to light (among other troubles).
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and—among other troubles—sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and (among other troubles) sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and light sensitivity—among other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain, difficulties with balance, sensitivity to light, and other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, along with light sensitivity and other troubles.
I would add some parallelism so that the second and third
elements have similar patterns: either ① both as a noun
followed by a prepositional phrase, or else ② both as a noun
preceded by another noun used attributely:
- difficulties with balance and sensitivity to light
- balance difficulties and light sensitivity
The risk with choosing the attribute approach using light
sensitivity for parallelism with the previous element is
that that alternative could theoretically be misparsed by
the reader as the adjective light instead of as the noun
light, which is what you mean here.
answered Jan 3 at 3:10
tchrist♦
108k28290464
Here are a few ways to improve your text by decorating it with
suitable punctuation, sometimes with a bit of rearrangement or a small word added here and there:
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and, among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and among other troubles, sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and sensitivity to light (among other troubles).
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and—among other troubles—sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and (among other troubles) sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain, balance difficulties, and light sensitivity—among other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain, difficulties with balance, sensitivity to light, and other troubles.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, and other troubles including sensitivity to light.
- He came to experience chronic pain and balance difficulties, along with light sensitivity and other troubles.
I would add some parallelism so that the second and third
elements have similar patterns: either ① both as a noun
followed by a prepositional phrase, or else ② both as a noun
preceded by another noun used attributely:
- difficulties with balance and sensitivity to light
- balance difficulties and light sensitivity
The risk with choosing the attribute approach using light
sensitivity for parallelism with the previous element is
that that alternative could theoretically be misparsed by
the reader as the adjective light instead of as the noun
light, which is what you mean here.
answered Jan 3 at 3:10
tchrist♦
108k28290464
answered Jan 3 at 3:10
tchrist♦
108k28290464
answered Jan 3 at 3:10
tchrist♦
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answered Jan 3 at 3:10
tchrist♦
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Thanks very much!
– Alex K
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Thanks very much!
– Alex K
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Thanks very much!
– Alex K
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Thanks very much!
– Alex K
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I'd also put a comma before "among", since "among others" is a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
1
(Though "among other symptoms" would probably be a better way to word it.)
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:15
Hi Hot Licks, If I used "among other symptoms" would i still use a comma before "among" and after "symptoms"?
– Alex K
Jan 3 at 1:27
It would still be a parenthetical.
– Hot Licks
Jan 3 at 1:28
1
What the sentence seems to be saying is: He came to experience (1) chronic pain, (2) balance difficulties, and (3) sensitivity to light. Maybe it's being said facetiously. But even if we accept that, the use of among others is strange. Among other what? I believe it should be the singular other, followed by some kind of noun. Also, looking at punctuation again, if that's fixed, I would add a comma before among, not remove the existing one.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago