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Subject:Re: Question: Comma Before Company Abbreviation? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:13:44 -0500
I wonder about that, Dick. Why should a comma *within* a name require a
comma outside and after the name? Can you refer me to an authority on this?
Thanks.
> One usage note, and one only: If there is a comma before the "Inc." or
"Incorporated" (as the case may be), and if the company name is in the
interior of a clause, then you should also place a comma after the "Inc." or
"Incorporated." For example:
>
> "ABC, Inc., was founded in 1942."
>
> NOT:
>
> "ABC, Inc. was founded in 1942."
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