Thanks for your answer! This is a follow-up. I asked the question above about time zones (11/4/11). This sentence is correct as written (except for a couple minor edits to the final phrase for readability):Īuthorize execution of the agreement between the District, the City, and Disposal Services, Inc., for the contract period of July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, for a cost not to exceed an annual amount of $35,629.20. The Business Week issue of March 14, 2005, is going to have a cover story on our CEO. The Commission approved the meeting minutes of April 6, 2011. Therefore, Carmen could rewrite these sentences as follows:Īt the Board meeting on August 20, 2011, we decided to vote for a new design. ” They do, however, acknowledge that the construction is awkward and is best avoided. If a month-year or month-day date is used as an adjective, no hyphen or comma is needed. The Chicago Manual of Style says, “Dates are often used as descriptive adjectives, more often today than in years past. Thank you kindly as we have agreed you are the most qualified in this matter and someone in whom we will place our trust. One group desires for the presentation to not be a distraction and thus should look consistent on the page with no further preference – comma in or comma out. Not be followed by a comma as the successive date It is included in the consolidated statements of operations for three months ended Maand 2015. The alternate group believes the use of a comma In this instance one group believes the 2016 shouldīe followed by a comma as the successive date also It isncluded in the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015. Please provide your best advice on the proper presentation of these two sentences. The proper punctuation of two similar sentences in a financial statement was a matter of great and vigorous debate for over an hour. Why should we punctuate something that is continuous? We don’t put commas after other words - it seems wrong to write: “I went to the basketball game, at the Veteran’s Hall.”Ī comma, after all, is punctuation. It seems to me that a date (whether whole or partial) is like any other word: “May 30, 2012”. In that case, is there a comma after the year? That would seem incorrect to me. It seems to me that the only reason we put a comma after the day part of a date is for clarity when we write the date in the English way. One wouldn’t put a comma if ONLY the year was included … or would one? “The meeting is scheduled for 2012 at the Hall.” This wouldn’t look correct with a comma after the year. In several places, particularly around October 2010, you state that when writing a date inside a sentence (with material following it), there should be a comma after the year: “The meeting is scheduled for July 4, 2012, at the Veteran’s Hall.” ( OR by the first of August OR by the 1st of August) Can you get here by midnight? (leave out 12:00)ģ. The last outbreak of smallpox occurred in the late seventies.Ģ. Please deliver the package by August 1st.ġ. The last outbreak of smallpox occurred in the late seventy’s.ģ. Some put a space after the numeral, others do not.Įxample: Please arrive by 12:30 P.M. Rule: It is clearer to use noon and midnight rather than 12:00 p.m. Rule: Some use numerals with the time of day when exact times are being emphasized.Įxample: Please arrive by 12:30 p.m. Rule: Some writers spell out the time of day, others prefer numbers.Įxample: She gets up at four thirty before the baby wakes up.Įxample: The baby wakes up at 5 o’clock in the morning. However, using two apostrophes ( the ’80’s) is awkward and is not recommended.ĭuring the ’80s, the world’s economy grew.ĭuring the 1980s, the world’s economy grew.ĭuring the 1980’s, the world’s economy grew.ĭuring the ’80’s, the world’s economy grew. Some write the 1980s and the ’80s, others write the 1980’s and the 80’s. Rule: There are differing policies for expressing decades using numerals. (Some prefer to write it out: The first of April) The 1st of April puts some people on edge. We have had tricks played on us on April 1. The meeting is scheduled for the 30th of June. Rule: The following examples apply when using dates: Please note: This original post has been updated and replaced by a new version of Writing Dates and Times.
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