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Old 03-10-2010, 11:39 AM   #5 (permalink)
lucifer_sam
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"The guy, whose buttocks I waxed, fell in love with me." OR "The guy whose buttocks I waxed fell in love with me."
This is a tricky one for me. I didn't know if I should have taken out your comma or add another comma after 'the guy'. Can anyone help?
When in doubt, leave it out. Although I BELIEVE the former is the correct form; you need commas to set off the appositive from the rest of the sentence.

Also applies to lists of stuff where it precedes conjunctions -- the comma becomes superfluous.
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