1. Commas in names and dates
Mellissa Ducsay & Liza Buswa Fall, 2009 Bay Mills Community College

2. Name
Comma Rule
When writing a professional name, or writing the date and year, a comma is used.

3. The comma rule when writing dates, the comma goes between the day and year.
No comma is used when it just month and year.
Date, Comma rule

4. Name Examples
The man’s name tag read “ Dr. Sospi Thomas M.D” This sentence is missing the commas This is one way to use the commas. The man’s name tag read, ”Dr. Sospi Thomas, M.D.”

5. Date examples Avery is going to start her diet on January 1,2010.
These sentences are correct.