Commas in Addresses and Dates

Choose the sentence where commas are used correctly.

• The party will be held at 5th Avenue, Sandy Lane, St. James.

• The party will be held at 5th, Avenue, Sandy, Lane St. James.

• The party will be held at 5th Avenue Sandy Lane, St. James.

Check all the correct answers.

Commas are used to:

• separate items in a list

• separate parts of an address

• separate the beginning and end of sentences

• separate parts of a date in a sentence

Select the address that is written correctly.

• Sunflower, Drive, Spring Hill, St. George

• Sunflower Drive Spring Hill, St. George

• Sunflower Drive, Spring Hill, St. George

Select the date that is written correctly.

• Thursday 23, August 2020

• Thursday, 23 August, 2020

• Thursday, 23, August, 2020

Which sentence uses commas correctly in addresses and dates?

• Alex was born on April 12, 2011.

• Alex was born on, April, 12 2011.

On April 12, 2012, we moved to Blue Hill, Nebraska.

• Commas offset nonrestrictive phrases

• Commas set off items in dates/addresses

• Commas separate in/dependent clauses (complex/compound)

• Commas separate parallel adjectives

WHICH COMMA RULE APPLIES?
Since we started practice on March 3, 2016, it has rained nearly every day.

• Commas--dates/addresses AND Commas--in/dependent clauses (complex/compound)

• Commas--dates/addresses AND Commas--nonrestrictive phrases

• Commas--hundreds, thousands, millions. AND Commas--in/dependent clauses (complex/compound)

• Commas--words/phrases/clauses introduce or interrupt AND Commas--dates/addresses

Which address has the correctly placed commas?

• The Greek God Zeus

  111 Sky Court

  Mt. Olympus, Greece 1111

• The Greek God Zeus

  111 Sky Court,

  Mt. Olympus, Greece 1111

• The Greek God Zeus

  111 Sky Court

  Mt. Olympus, Greece, 1111

Choose the sentence where commas are used correctly in an address.

• A) The meeting is at 123 Elm Street, Springfield, IL.

• B) The meeting is at 123, Elm Street Springfield, IL.

• C) The meeting is at 123 Elm Street Springfield IL.

• D) The meeting is at 123 Elm, Street, Springfield, IL.

Select the date that is written correctly with commas.

• A) Monday, 5 July 2021

• B) Monday 5, July, 2021

• C) Monday, 5, July 2021

• D) Monday 5 July, 2021