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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Quick Comma Question
Please advise regarding the following sentence (or others like it):
1) Generic Software Systems, Inc. has been producing software for 30 years.
Should there be a comma after "Inc."?
If so, what about this sentence:
2) Today, Generic Software Systems, Inc., and Professional Education Technologies, Inc. (PET), have come together through a stock merger.
Should the second "Inc." comma go before or after "(PET)"?
I am fried at work and just can't remember right now.
1) Generic Software Systems, Inc. has been producing software for 30 years.
Should there be a comma after "Inc."?
If so, what about this sentence:
2) Today, Generic Software Systems, Inc., and Professional Education Technologies, Inc. (PET), have come together through a stock merger.
Should the second "Inc." comma go before or after "(PET)"?
I am fried at work and just can't remember right now.
Top answer
". The way you wrote it was correct: Generic Software Systems, Inc. has been producing software for 30 years.
- ".
- The way you wrote it was correct: Generic Software Systems, Inc.
- has been producing software for 30 years.
- Sentence (2) should be written as follows: Today, Generic Software Systems, Inc.
- and Professional Education Technologies, Inc.
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In sentence (1), there shouldn't be a comma after "Inc.". The way you wrote it was correct:
Generic Software Systems, Inc. has been producing software for 30 years.
Sentence (2) should be written as follows:
Today, Generic Software Systems, Inc. and Professional Education Technologies, Inc. (PET) have come together through a stock merger.
There shouldn
Generic Software Systems, Inc. has been producing software for 30 years.
Sentence (2) should be written as follows:
Today, Generic Software Systems, Inc. and Professional Education Technologies, Inc. (PET) have come together through a stock merger.
There shouldn
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I have been searching for an answer to the same question. I have found that it depends on the style guide you reference. One source I read said that you look at the organization's letterhead and write the name as it appears on the letterhead, with our without commas. I've also found that commas should be used before and after the organization's designation (e.g., Inc., LLC, etc.). Then, I've also
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