comma / who is my friend
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Suppose in your letter you are going to write about your friend, Aya, whom the person you write to doesn't know.
In this situation, which sentence(s) of the below ones would you write?
And which one(s) is not acceptable?
(a) My friend Aya is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(b) My friend, Aya, is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(c) Aya, my friend, is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(d) Aya who is my friend is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(e) Aya, who is my friend, is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
In this situation, which sentence(s) of the below ones would you write?
And which one(s) is not acceptable?
(a) My friend Aya is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(b) My friend, Aya, is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(c) Aya, my friend, is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(d) Aya who is my friend is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
(e) Aya, who is my friend, is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class.
Suppose in your letter you are going to write about your friend, Aya, whom the person you are writing to doesn't know.
In this situation, which of the sentence(s) of the below ones would you write?
(e) Aya, who is my friend, is so pretty that she fascinates all the boys in her class. これ、あまり言わないですね、長すぎます。
Billy, a small boy of ten, was arrested for stealing a car.
It is less abrupt than using parentheses. While (B) might be a technically correct use of an appositive, it is generally not needed for a single word. The idea is to group the words as a concept so that the main idea is not interrupted too severely.
I think (a) would be most natural.