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08-02-2010, 10:37 AM
Commas in Dates and Addresses
A date may consist of several parts: the day of the week, the month and the day, and the year. Notice in the following date where commas appear:
Sunday, December 21, 1999
Addresses, too, may consist of several parts: the number and the street, the city, and the country sometimes. Look at this address:
81 Tran Hung Dao Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
After writing the first part of either a date or an address, put a comma both before and after each additional part.
Date: October 25, 1970, is the birthday of my uncle.
Address: We have been living at 81 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi, for many years.
Note: If an address follows a name directly without preposition like at, in or on, tie it in with the sentence, even a one-part address must be set off with commas.
Take your car to the Hue Garage at 240 Tran Binh Trong Street for a repair job. (In this sentence at ties in the address – no commas needed)
Take your car to the Hue Garage, 240 Tran Binh Trong Street for a repair job. (In this sentence at is omitted – commas needed)
Exercises
I. Copy the following sentences, insert the necessary commas and periods.
1. Today is Wednesday September 15 1999
2. She is living at 231 Nguyen Van Cu Street Can Tho City Vietnam.
3. Her birthday is next Wednesday January 25.
4. He’s living at 97 Tay Son Street Dong Da District Ha Noi.
5. The Education Publishing House is at Tran Hung Dao Street Hoan Kiem District Ha Noi.
6. They flew from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Noi on August 15 2000.
7. They flew on August 15 from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Noi.
8. Drop in at the Textbooks and Teaching Materials Company 222 Nguyen Tri Phuong Street for a couple of blackboards.
9. On December 12 1901 Marconi transmitted the letter S by wireless from Cornwall England to St. John’s New foundland.
10. I was born on September 2 1984 in Dong Thap Province.
11. Write to the Education Publishing House 81 Tran Hung Dao Street Hoan Kiem District Ha Noi for further information.
II. Copy each sentence, insert at the proper places the parts of dates and addresses in parentheses.
1. On Monday the new library will open for the public. (October 2)
2. The bus form Saigon to Go Vap. (Ho Chi Minh City)
3. He has worked for the Education Service in Vietnam since 1995. (Can Tho City, August)
4. The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is in Ha Noi. (Ba Dinh Square)
5. Why don’t you write to the EPH Ho Chi Minh Branch Office for a free copy? (231 Nguyen Van Cu, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5)
6. On August 27 we moved to Binh Thanh District. (Ho Chi Minh City, Tuesday)
A date may consist of several parts: the day of the week, the month and the day, and the year. Notice in the following date where commas appear:
Sunday, December 21, 1999
Addresses, too, may consist of several parts: the number and the street, the city, and the country sometimes. Look at this address:
81 Tran Hung Dao Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
After writing the first part of either a date or an address, put a comma both before and after each additional part.
Date: October 25, 1970, is the birthday of my uncle.
Address: We have been living at 81 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi, for many years.
Note: If an address follows a name directly without preposition like at, in or on, tie it in with the sentence, even a one-part address must be set off with commas.
Take your car to the Hue Garage at 240 Tran Binh Trong Street for a repair job. (In this sentence at ties in the address – no commas needed)
Take your car to the Hue Garage, 240 Tran Binh Trong Street for a repair job. (In this sentence at is omitted – commas needed)
Exercises
I. Copy the following sentences, insert the necessary commas and periods.
1. Today is Wednesday September 15 1999
2. She is living at 231 Nguyen Van Cu Street Can Tho City Vietnam.
3. Her birthday is next Wednesday January 25.
4. He’s living at 97 Tay Son Street Dong Da District Ha Noi.
5. The Education Publishing House is at Tran Hung Dao Street Hoan Kiem District Ha Noi.
6. They flew from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Noi on August 15 2000.
7. They flew on August 15 from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Noi.
8. Drop in at the Textbooks and Teaching Materials Company 222 Nguyen Tri Phuong Street for a couple of blackboards.
9. On December 12 1901 Marconi transmitted the letter S by wireless from Cornwall England to St. John’s New foundland.
10. I was born on September 2 1984 in Dong Thap Province.
11. Write to the Education Publishing House 81 Tran Hung Dao Street Hoan Kiem District Ha Noi for further information.
II. Copy each sentence, insert at the proper places the parts of dates and addresses in parentheses.
1. On Monday the new library will open for the public. (October 2)
2. The bus form Saigon to Go Vap. (Ho Chi Minh City)
3. He has worked for the Education Service in Vietnam since 1995. (Can Tho City, August)
4. The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is in Ha Noi. (Ba Dinh Square)
5. Why don’t you write to the EPH Ho Chi Minh Branch Office for a free copy? (231 Nguyen Van Cu, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5)
6. On August 27 we moved to Binh Thanh District. (Ho Chi Minh City, Tuesday)