Question

Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be the name.
Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part.
a)Our Father in Heaven
b)Our Father, in Heaven
c)Our Father, in Heaven,
d)No change

Answer 1

Hint: In the above-given sentence the underlined word is used as a name, this is a compound name or compound noun. A compound noun includes two or more words that join together to form a single noun (/name). For example – key and board = keyboard; tooth and paste = toothpaste etc.

Complete answer:

The few rules that one must remember while using a comma with the name of a person you are directly addressing -
a)If the name comes first, it is followed by a comma: For e.g. - Children, please stop jumping on the sofa.
b)If the name comes at the end of the sentence, the comma precedes the name: For e.g. - Stop jumping on the sofa, boys.
c)If the name (or names) comes in the middle of the sentence, surround it with commas: What I said, Ram and Shyam, was to stop jumping on the sofa.
Now, if several words in their common order are used as one compound name, a comma is not inserted but a compound name has to be followed by a comma.
Therefore, the option given as options a, b & c does not fulfill the above-given requirements. Thus, the correct answer is – option d, i.e. no changes will be made to the given sentence.
This implies that the answer one should write is – Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be the name.

Note: We must remember that the options which would be incorrect, are incorrect due to the placing of commas in them.