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Old 01-22-2012, 10:30 PM
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The classic example is: "I would like to thank my parents, Ayn Rand and God."
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The classic example is: "I would like to thank my parents: Ayn Rand and God."
There. Fixed, so everyone knows who the parents are.

Stick that colon right up your sentence.
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I'd like to thank my parents, Satan, and Mary Pat Campbell.

I'd like to thank my parents, Satan and Mary Pat Campbell.
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MPC had children with Satan

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And here I always thought Stu was short for Stuart. Well, let's see, he's staying at home with his kids while his wife goes off to work instead of staying home barefoot and pregnant like a proper Christian lady of childbearing age.
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