Learn English – Comma at the end of a sentence

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Is it correct to use a comma before the word "correct" in the following sentences: You get in tonight, correct? Or her name is Mary, correct?

If so, what's the rule for this?

Best Answer

It is a phrase that attaches itself at the end of a regular sentence:

"Her name is Mary." + "right?"

The main sentence is complete in all respects.

The phrase that comes in is "attached" using a comma.

"Her name is Mary, right?"

"right?" here is known as a 'question tag.' Notice that this is always an interrogative (question).

See Wikipedia

A question tag or tag question is a grammatical structure in which a declarative statement or an imperative is turned into a question by adding an interrogative fragment (the "tag"). For example, in the sentence "You're John, aren't you?", the statement "You're John" is turned into a question by the tag "aren't you". The term "question tag" is generally preferred by British grammarians, while their American counterparts prefer "tag question".

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