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Comma Use with Dates and Addresses - Exercise 2

Revise the following sentences by adding commas where they are needed. If a sentence is correct, type "correct" in the textbox. When you are finished, click on the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page.

1.  The Smiths bought a restaurant at 552 South Maple Street Portsmouth Virginia in 2008.



2.  Fifty-second Street in Pittsburgh is always jammed with traffic at this time of the day.



3.  On December 28 2007 my cousin joined the Marines.



4.  We visited the museum at 41 North Clinton Street in Shrewsbury Pennsylvania.



5.  Bill's sister didn't arrive until January 27 1999 because she couldn't sell her house.



6.  The beach property at 202 Bayside Avenue Ocean City Maryland will sleep seven people.



7.  Do you have any plans for April 16 2009 that would keep you from attending my wedding?



8.  Harriet is celebrating her birthday this year on April 2 because that day will be a Saturday.



9.  The rent for the apartment at 405 Shenandoah Street Boston Massachusetts is $1200 per month.



10.  My mother was born on January 25 1922 and died on May 6 2007 when she was eighty-five years old.



           

 

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