Correct Comma Usage with Degrees, Titles, and Names

Learn how to properly use commas to separate initials, degrees, and titles from names in sentences. Understand when to use commas with titles that are parenthetical and when they are not needed when titles precede names. Explore the usage of commas with "Jr." in different contexts. Practice correct comma placement with example sentences.

• Comma Usage
• Degrees
• Titles
• English Grammar

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1. Writing Lab Commas with Degrees and Titles

2. Commas with Degrees and Titles A comma separates initials, degrees, or titles from a name and from the rest of the sentence. For example, a pair of commas is used in the following sentences because the titles are parenthetical: Robert Yeager, Professor of English, is chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages. Charles, Prince of Wales, has remarried.

3. The Exceptions If the title or degree precedes the name, no comma is needed. Professor Yeager is chair of the English and Foreign Languages Department. No comma is needed between a name and birth or royal ranks such as I, II, and so on. Queen Elizabeth II Deal Prince Watkins III

4. Usage of Commas with Jr. Jr. may be seen as a restrictive title: Hank Williams Jr. had tears in his beer. Or only one comma is needed to separate Jr. from the proper name: Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Or Jr. can be seen as parenthetical: Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968.

5. Lets Practice! Carol Surles Ph.D. and Loretta Anderson J.D. are my former classmates and city mates. Lou Gossett, II is also an actor like his father.

6. Practice Answers Carol Surles, Ph.D., and Loretta Anderson, J.D., are my former classmates and city mates. Lou Gossett II is also an actor like his father.

7. Thats all, folks! This lesson is part of the UWF Writing Lab Grammar Mini-Lesson Series Lessons adapted from Real Good Grammar, Too by Mamie Webb Hixon To find out more, visit the Writing Lab s website where you can take a self-scoring quiz corresponding to this lesson