How To Use Double Commas

Use commas to set off all geographical names items in dates except the month and day addresses except the street number and name and titles in names.

How to use double commas. Of your examples i d use a comma for these. My dad persisted for months even though i expressed no interest about me joining the armed forces. Use commas to offset appositives from the rest of the sentence. Who lives at 1600 pennsylvania avenue washington dc. That s the little comma that can be arguable both necessary and unnecessary and is after the last.

We might say something like when i gave her her hat back she thanked me word does not approve but the sentence is grammatical if a bit awkward. Joonas pulakka dec 1 10 at 11 05. When to use brackets. You can use two commas for three items or if you re like me you obsess over the oxford comma. As a rule of thumb if the phrase is longer than about four words use the comma.

Use commas to separate coordinate adjectives. Which to use depends partly on the length of the clause for example if the clause itself contains a comma you kind of have to use a dash and partly on its importance. When an adverbial phrase begins a sentence it s often followed by a comma but it doesn t have to be especially if it s short. They re coordinating if you could place and between them you shouldn t put a comma after the final adjective. July 22 1959 was a momentous day in his life.

You can also use a comma with a shorter phrase when you want to emphasize it or add a pause for literary effect. At least in my perception a comma delineated clause is more important to understanding the meaning than a dash delineated one. Remember to stick with whatever double or single inverted commas you ve chosen so that your writing is consistent throughout. Acceptable doubled words sometimes in the normal course of writing or speaking we have to double words because that s just how the sentence comes out 1. Birmingham alabama gets its name from birmingham england.

Comma rules can be confusing. This only works if the current default locale happens to use a comma as a decimal separator. Use brackets to enclose a statement inserted into a sentence. Only use a comma to separate a dependent clause at the end of a sentence for added emphasis usually when negation occurs.