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The phrase "a fellow by the name of" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to introduce a person's name or identity, particularly in a conversational or informal tone. It can be used in a variety of situations where one wants to refer to a specific person or individual, but may not know their name or may want to emphasize their identity. Example: A few years ago, I met a fellow by the name of Jack at a conference. He was a renowned expert in the field of environmental science.
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A fellow by the name of Randolph drove in the tie-breaking run with a sacrifice fly.
Watch out, too, for a fellow by the name of Tiger Woods, who is beginning to look fairly useful again.
"I'm definitely getting two or three pairs in leather," wrote a fellow by the name of God Save Hedi.
Mr. Peterson and a fellow by the name of Gerald Donker came in with the two Carroll boys and the liquor and the car to Grand Rapids.
This is called Curry's Paradoxical Combinator of y after a fellow by the name of Curry, who was a logician of the 1930s also.
The only remnant of the massacre is a small band of soldiers, including Bothos (David Morrissey), Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), whose father really was a gladiator, and a fellow by the name of Brick (Liam Cunningham).
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Docked in front of us was a salty looking fellow by the name of George, living on a steel boat sailed out of New Orleans.
Another was 'a Nepalese fellow by the name of Santosh Gorka'.
The young assistant secretary of the Navy, fellow by the name of Theodore Roosevelt.
In 1894 You approached the South Bend police chief, Marion Egbert, complaining that a fellow Chinese resident by the name of Ging had threatened him.
Here is the letter, sent on Valentine's day, of all days, by a fellow claiming to go by the name of Denzil.
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