A
PPOSITIVES
Words that are equivalent and stand together without connecting words or phrases
are said to be in apposition. Such words or phrases are set o by commas The lawyer, a district attorney, spoke briefly See also appositive.
D
ATES
Commas divide parts of dates when dates are written in month, day, year style:
“November 23, 1963.” When dates are written in other styles, the comma is usually omitted “23 November 1963.”
N
UMBERS
American standard usage puts commas in numbers that are greater than 999: or “$5,276,489.00.” European usage di ers, preferring periods where Americans put commas and commas where Americans put periods. Neither system puts commas into
dates: “1963,” but “1,963 years ago In some tabular and scienti cor business materials, commas do not appear in larger numbers.
T
ITLES
Titles that follow names are usually set o by commas Samantha Smith, Ph.D.,”
“Eliot Ness, Jr Numerals following a name and titles before names do not need commas Dr. Jane Hart King George III.”
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