Grammar and Language Workbook

Unit 12, Punctuation 239

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Mechanics

Lesson 74

Using Commas III

In dates, use commas after the day of the month and the year. Do not use a

comma if only the month and the year are given.

Shama arrived in this country on July 6,1989, with her family.

She became a citizen in January 1996.

Use commas before and after the name of a state or country when it is used with

the name of a city. Do not use a comma after the state if the state name is

followed by a zip code.

She used to live in Chicago, Illinois, but now she lives in Detroit,Michigan.

His address is 296 S. Pacific Avenue,Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania 15211.

Use a comma or a pair of commas to set off an abbreviated title (except Jr.and Sr.)

or a degree following a person’s name.

Lou Szupinski,Ph.D.,wrote the book about fossils.

Exercise 1 Add commas where needed. Write Cif the sentence is correct.

Send your questions on health to Dr. Chris Boyd,M.D.

C 1. His address is 1402 Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

2. We had a huge blizzard on February 18,1989.
   C 3. Our largest blizzard before that was in January 1953.
   C 4. Pat Hoyt, D.V.M., is the veterinarian.
   C 5. The Pittsburgh Press is at 34 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


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   C 6. On graduation day my sister will be Alma Lopez, B.A.

   
   


4. We crossed the bridge into Brooklyn,New York.
   C 8. The lawyer talking to the judge is Marion Ling, J.D.
   C 9. Francisco was born in Guanajuato, Mexico.


5. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican City,Italy.


6. Portland, Maine,is the home of the Portland Sea Dogs.
   C 12. Abraham Lincoln was born in February 1809.