Context: "And you, you little liar, if you..."
Should there be a comma between "you" and "little liar" and if no, why?
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Sign up to join this communityNo, there should not be a comma there (as in "And you, you, little liar, if you..")
You little liar is a vocative noun phrase all by itself. There is neither a need for a comma or any meaningful place for one in a phrase like You + noun.