So we've done participles and gerunds, and because @glamAtude asked whether we could talk about appositives, here we go: An appositive is a word or phrase that follows a noun and gives more ...
Q. I am still puzzled by the rules governing the punctuation of nouns in apposition. For example, should there or should there not be commas surrounding the name in this phrase: “my son Bill”? — ...
On the Tiger Woods post, darby1044 wrote: In American English grammar, you would not put commas around Elin since she is, we assume, his only wife. Not sure which American English you grew up speaking ...