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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

[punctuation] a comma after a month?

Dear Users,

Do I need to add a comma before the year and after the month in this sentence? Also, is it necessary to add a definite article before the days?

The instructor will not be in the city between (the) 12th and 19th of February (,) 2016.

Thanks
  

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Perfect Stranger Also, is it necessary to add a definite article before the days? Yes. You need it with ordinal numbers.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Perfect Stranger Also, is it necessary to add a definite article before the days?
  • Yes.
  • You need it with ordinal numbers.
  • ) Don't use it with cardinal numbers.
  • Perfect Stranger Do I need to add a comma before the year and after the month in this sentence?
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Perfect StrangerAlso, is it necessary to add a definite article before the days?
Yes. You need it with ordinal numbers. (They are used as modifiers.)
Don't use it with cardinal numbers.
Perfect StrangerDo I need to add a comma before the year and after the month in this sentence?
It's optional, but I would put it in.
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AlpheccaStarsYes. You need it with ordinal numbers. (They are used as modifiers.)
Thank you.

In this particular case, do I need to use the in front of both numbers or just in front of the 12th?
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The definite article carries over to the second ordinal number.
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