Commas and States

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Do I add a comma with a city/state combination?

Commas and States

Most people know about the comma between the city and state, but many forget the one after the state if it's in the middle of a sentence.

Our office in Kansas City, Missouri, is closest to you.

   

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5/4/2009 5:56:59 PM
nancy said:

How would you handle punctuation if you say a company is Kansas City, Missouri-based? Do you still add the comma after the state? If so, what do you do with the hyphen? Or do you just rewrite to avoid it?




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