Question

These two sentences have one difference: one has a comma. Think about what each sentence means. 1. Let's eat, Grandma. 2. Let's eat Grandma. What does the first sentence mean? What does the second sentence mean?

Answer 1

In sentence 1, the speaker is inviting her grandmother to eat with him/her. On the other hand, in sentence 2, the speaker is telling someone to join him/her to eat a human being: her/his grandmother.

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Answer 2

Although both sentences include the exact same words, they have a different meaning due to the missing comma. In sentence 1, the speaker is inviting her grandmother to eat with him/her. On the other hand, in sentence 2, the speaker is telling someone to join him/her to eat a human being: her/his grandmother. Therefore, while in sentence 1 the word 'grandma' is in the vocative case, in sentence 2 the word 'grandma' in is the accusative case.