Transcript Comma Rule 3 Conventions

Comma Rule #3
Comma Rule #3: use commas with
standard conventions.
1. In salutations and closings of friendly letters
Example: Dear Dad,
Yours truly,
2. After the day AND year in a sentence
Example: Mrs. Young’s birthday is Wednesday,
December 17, 2012, and you do not need to
give her a present.
3. After the city and state if it is in the middle of a
sentence.
Example: I drove to Green Bay, Wisconsin,
because that is where my parents and brother
live.
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4. Between the street address and the city in an
address in a sentence
Example: You attend school at 400 Red Hawk
Parkway, Smyrna, Tennessee, at Stewarts
Creek Middle School.
Thing to remember: if you have a comma in the
convention, you need a comma after it too!
Things to remember:
**Do NOT put a comma after the state if the zip
code is listed afterwards.
– Example. Green Bay, WI 54915
**Do NOT put a comma between a month and day
(January 26)
**Do NOT put a comma between a house number
and a street name (400 Red Hawk Pkwy)
Practice Mailing an Envelope
back
front
stamp
1. Your first and last name
2. Your street address
3. City, State Zip
1. first and last name of the person to whom
you are sending the letter
2. Your street address
3. City, State Zip
Practice
1.
2.
3.
4.
Bailey received a letter from the post office dated
December 33 2033 from Paisley Scotland.
He wondered how such a letter could be delivered to
Bailey Wheeler 999 MacArthur Avenue Smyrna TN
37129.
He decided to send it back May 15 2013 after much
thought.
The return letter began with the salutation:
Dear Future Me
What numbers should I pick in the next lottery May
31 2013?
Practice: Lang. p. 349
• Ex. 10 #1-10
• WS p. 130 “Using Commas in
Conventional Situations”