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Do you put a comma after the author's name in a parentheses?

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Why do you put a comma after the author name in a sentence?
You don't have to, it depends on the sentence for example this sentence doesn't need a comma: Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island.
Do you put a comma after a person's name?
Not usually. Commas are features of sentences, not of words. There is no word in English that requires a comma. John is my brother. We elected Jane secretary. I gave Penelope a look.
Do you put a comma before a name?
Do you put a comma after dear and then a persons name?
No just after their name.
After you and before a name should you put a comma?
Do you mean something like: "I sentence you, Joseph Jeremiah Finklebottom, to be put to death by hanging"? Yes, you normally set off words in apposition with commas.