Question

Choose the sentence in which the appositive is correctly punctuated.
Are we reading Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea next week?

Are we reading Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, next week?

Are we reading Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea next week?

Are we reading Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea, next week?

Answer 1

I'd stick with D, because you don't need the title in there and the commas and phrase can be taken out if need be. :)

Answer 2

That's what I thought, but based on my book, it had "essential, and non essential" definitions of when to use the commas and when not to.

It gave these examples: ESSENTIAL: "Last year in American history, we read Lincoln's speech "The Gettysburg Address."

NON ESSENTIAL: "The Gettysburg Address," a speech by Abraham Lincoln, is read by many students of history.

Answer 3

So now I'm thinking that it's C, when you rephrase the sentence, "Are reading Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea next week?" as "We are reading Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea next week."

Answer 4

Eh, actually, from that POV option C does look better.

Answer 5

Okay, thank you ^_^ And the good thing is that I got it right :D