Rule 5
Rule 5: Use commas in numbers greater than 999 and in dates. Examples of correct usage:
- 23,487
- March 16, 2018
BONUS: Although the five rules above are the most violated comma rules, here are a few other examples to watch out for:
- Use a comma before the word, “please,” when it appears at the end of a sentence, as in this example:
o Can I see your parking pass, please?
- Use a comma after “Yes” and “No” when used as an introductory element.
o Yes, but we moved to Vermont when I was nine.
o No, I went to bed early in the evening.
- Use a comma before “not” when indicating contrast.
- The incident occurred during the day, not at night.
- The CEO provided the stationery, not the secretary.
Next: Conclusion
I've always considered myself good at grammar...until I started writing for my website that is. I then had to start to really think about what I was doing, and got so much wrong in the ways of comma's especially.
I was having a nightmare with it and have proof read most of my posts about 50 times now, and I still find mistakes!!! I'm a perfectionist :-)
But, I have learnt so much 11 months down the line, and believe I've almost cracked the code ha ha. But I have made a few notes of some of your pointers here and stuck them on my desk.
You know what would be really great (if you get time to of course), if you could do some training on semi colon, and colon, as I still have a bit of a problem with these, and so tend not to use them when I probably should.
Thank you