Commas with numbers
 

Grammar Monster Home |  Glossary of Terms  |  Common Errors  |  FAQs  |  Grammar Chat  |  Download  |  Grammar Checker   Commas are used with large numbers to separate the thousands (i.e. every 3 decimal places).   1. Commas can be used to make reading numbers a little easier. They are placed every 3 decimal places for numbers comprising 4 digits or more. Examples: 1,234 23,566 1,234,967 Serial number 1654880 was destroyed in 1984. (not in reference numbers or years) REVERSE IN EUROPE  On the continent, the use of commas and full stops in numbers is reversed. 4,567.1 (British version) 4.567,1 (European version)

Associated lessons:   Numbers as compound adjectives How to write numbers in full Starting sentences with numbers Commas after a sentence introductions Commas after a transitional phrase Commas after interjections (yes, no, indeed) Commas before conjunctions (and, or, but) Commas for parenthesis Commas in lists Commas with a long subject Commas with quotation (speech) marks Commas with the vocative case

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