Rule 8: Addresses & Dates
Rule: Use a comma after in dates and addresses as follows:
I live at 143 N. Chesterfield Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 45367, this
year.
Her address is P. O. Box 456, Boone, Iowa 76685.
On December 7, 1941, the United
States entered the war.
The invitation says the party is on
Friday, June 16th, at 4:00 P.M.
I will meet you on the corner of
Main Street and Fifth Avenue at 2:00 on Wednesday.
Notice: Do not put a comma between the state and zipcode.
PART ONE:
Directions: Put in commas where they are needed.
1.
We drove one hundred miles to visit my cousin at 418 Glendale Street
Dayton Ohio.
2.
On June 27 1999 the firm moved from 44 Rush Drive to a new building on
Center Street.
3.
We flew to Seattle Washington on September 9 1999 and flew back on
October 9 1981.
4.
Our friends sold their home at 237 Liberty Avenue Glens Falls New York
and rented a home at 19 Circle Drive Walton Iowa 10010.
5.
The building at 29 Victory Drive Butte Montana was destroyed by an
explosion on August 10 1990.
6.
Address your letters to Ms. Violet Lee 18 Third Avenue San Francisco
California 94118.
7.
the letter from J. D. Harriman 16 Melbourne Road Seattle Washington
98177 was dated January 28 1990 but did not arrive until February 15 1991.
8.
Diane send this letter to the Allied Chemical Corporation 61 Broadway
New York New York 10006.
9.
On June 6 1995 we closed the doors of our house at 16 Washington Street
St. Paul; and on June 8 1996 we opened the doors of our new home in Durham
North Carolina.
10.
We intend to stay in Portland Oregon from Monday June 2 to Saturday June
7.
11.
We left Boise in Idaho at 7:00 on Monday and arrived in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
PART TWO: Write seven sentences of your own that illustrate the rule. If you are
working for an “A,” your sentences should be 10-14+ words long.
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