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Taylor v. Burke, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 77 (2007)

Citation
Taylor v. Burke, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 77 (2007)
Parent Document
Taylor v. Burke, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 77 (2007)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2007-05-17

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Even though the rules regarding the use of commas are flexible and often not applied in consistent fashion, and there is no uniform standard with respect to the use of commas in current English grammar, see, e.g., Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage 587-588 (2d ed. 1965); Evans & Evans, A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage 102-103 (1957), the comma is often used to separate ideas or elements within a sentence, see, e.g., Webster’s Third New Int’l Dictionary 455 (1993); Shertzer, The Elements of Grammar 87 (1986), and to provide for the separation of an adjectival modifier from the noun modified, ibid. Here, modification of “interest-bearing account,” rather than “bank,” permits an unambiguous reading of the entire phrase “located within the commonwealth under such terms . . . .”