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Goronsky Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Commas Needed after Year and State as Adjectives before Noun?

Can we omit the comma after "2005" below?
{the July 30, 2005, issue of Time magazine}

And can we omit the comma after "New Jersey"? {the Trenton, New Jersey, rock band}

Thank you.
  

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Can we omit the comma after "2005" below? {the July 30, 2005, issue of Time magazine} yes, you should And can we omit the comma after "New Jersey"? {the Trenton, New Jersey, rock band} yes, you should

— Canadian45

  • Can we omit the comma after "2005" below?
  • {the July 30, 2005, issue of Time magazine} yes, you should And can we omit the comma after "New Jersey"?
  • {the Trenton, New Jersey, rock band} yes, you should
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Can we omit the comma after "2005" below? {the July 30, 2005, issue of Time magazine} yes, you should
And can we omit the comma after "New Jersey"? {the Trenton, New Jersey, rock band} yes, you should
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So these are OK?

{the July 30, 2005 issue of Time magazine}

{the Trenton, New Jersey rock band}

Is there an official source that supports the omission of the comma after 2005 and New Jersey?

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goronskyIs there an official source that supports the omission of the comma after 2005 and New Jersey?
I don't know if there is such an "official source" and I don't need one. Why would anyone put those commas there? It would be like putting a comma in 'the red, apple'.
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The old "rule" was that anything set off by a comma to begin with needs a comma at the end. Many are now ignoring that rule. For my money, it looks junky to put the extra one in. I don't ever use the second one any longer. And I haven't been stoned to death for it.
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