B. Use commas to separate words phrases and clauses in a series.
Critics praise the novel s unaffected, unadorned style.
D. Use commas to set off a parenthetical comment, or an aside, if it is brief and closely related to the rest of the sentence. The Tudors, for example, ruled for over a century. The color of the costume, blue, acquires symbolic meaning in the story. The color blue acquires symbolic meaning in the story. M. DO NOT use a comma with dates whose order is day, month, and year N. Do NOT use a comma between a month and a year or between a season and a year.