lingo-ling Posted February 6, 2015 at 09:16 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 at 09:16 AM In Taiwan, people are apparently taught the wrong convention or copy wrongful models. I often see sentences like "My name is Wang, Chien-ming and I am 25 years old." Or worse, "My name is Chien-ming, Wang and I am 25 years old." It's as if they think the comma is 1) a separator between surname and given name, no matter what the order is, and 2) and integral part of the name. The purpose of a comma is pretty much restricted to making alphabetized lists. They should be avoided in other situations, and I assert they should NEVER be used in sentences, and never-ever-ever if the given name is written first. In other words, "Chien-ming, Wang" is always wrong. I have no problem with the hyphen; it's standard in Wade-Giles representations of names. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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