Other comma uses: from places to time, from adjectives to lists, from extra info to the Oxford comma, and everything in between...

OUTLINE:

1. How to use commas to separate a city and its state 

2. How to pile up prepositional phrases of place

3. How to use commas with dates: American and British systems to write dates 

4. How and when to use commas with coordinating adjectives

5. How to use commas when calling people out (vocative): “Let's eat, Grandpa!” Vs. “Let's eat Grandpa!”

6. How to use commas with lists (the listing comma)

7. How, when and why to use the Oxford comma:

- She went to the pub with her boyfriend, an idiot and a clown.

- She went to the pub with her boyfriend, an idiot, and a clown.

KEYWORDS:

commas with places, commas with times, commas with adjectives, commas with vocatives, listing comma, the Oxford comma 

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