and Geographic Units Commas in Dates Use a comma to separate each item in a date from the rest of the sentence On December 8 1941 the US and Britain declared war on Japan Commas in Dates cont ID: 791129
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Slide1
Writing Lab
Commas in
Dates
and Geographic
Units
Slide2Commas in Dates
Use a comma to separate each item in a date from the rest of the sentence
.
On December 8, 1941, the U.S. and Britain declared war on Japan.
Slide3Commas in Dates cont.
If the date is used as an adjective, do not place a comma after the year.
The December 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor is an event that will live in infamy.
Do not place a comma after the parts of a date when only two units (the month and day or the month and year) are used.
June 6, 1944, is the day on which allied forces invaded France during World War II
.
June
6 is the day on which allied forces invaded France during World War II.
If only the month and year
are used, the comma is often omitted.
The Battle of Iwo Jima took place in February 1945.
Slide4Commas in Geographic Units
Use a comma to separate each item in a geographic unit from the rest of the sentence.
The German blitz against
London
, England, resulted in
widespread destruction.
Slide5That’s all, folks!
This lesson is part of the UWF Writing Lab Grammar Mini-Lesson Series
Lessons adapted from
Real Good Grammar, Too
by Mamie Webb Hixon
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