Question

Decide how many commas this sentence needs:

Deon was born on January 5 2002 in Omaha Nebraska.

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. None

Answer 1

B. Two. The sentence should be written as "Deon was born on January 5, 2002, in Omaha, Nebraska." The first comma is needed to separate the day and year in the date, while the second comma is needed to set off the state name as an appositive.