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Originally Posted by Trollheart
I'm not sure where you see a missed comma, Batty? It's perfectly okay grammatically to say "Unknown Soldier's Journal "Pounding Decibels" --- why would I need a comma there? I think were it reversed --- "Pounding Decibels, Unknown Soldier's journal" ---then you'd be right. But I don't think you are in this instance.
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Because in this instance "Pounding Decibels" is a parenthetical element, and should therefore be separated from the rest of the sentence with commas. It's understandable to be confused, since this is not true if the parenthetical element is restrictive (i.e. if the parenthetical element is essential to the meaning of the sentence). This would only be true if Unknown Soldier had more than one journal, as you would then need to clarify to which journal you were referring. If you don't use commas, you are implying that he has more than one and that you need to specify, since if he only has one, it is not necessary to name it.
I think I deserve two points for this bad boy.