Greg, If the place has only one place level, for example, a state and nothing else, then there should be no comma. John

I get it that my short place has one level and no comma, and full place is multilevel, hence the comma, consistent with your explanation. What I don't get is the inconsistency in sentence preview & individual narrative (which show full places) and no comma after the state. Where is this documented? or is it an mystery of the universe-unexplained? On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 7:34 PM, John Cardinal via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Greg, > > If the place has only one place level, for example, a state and nothing else, then there should be no comma. > > John > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Greg, The sentence preview may not exactly match narrative reports, primarily because of report options. TMG explains that when you click the "(Why is it not correct?)" link on the Sentence structures window. Regarding the Individual Narrative, I think the issue is your Place Style Output template: <[Addressee], ><[Detail], ><[City], ><[County], ><[State]>< [Postal],><[Phone], > You don't have a comma after [State]. I forget all the details, but I think you can disable place styles in some TMG reports. If place styles are disabled, places will be subject to a default format where TMG concatenates place levels followed by commas. For a report with place styles enabled, your Place Style Output template will be used, and that omits the comma after state. There are a lot of moving parts here, and I am not sure I understand exactly how you've got things configured and how you've tested. In general, though, I think there are two key factors: the missing comma after [State] and whether or not a specific output (preview window or report) is using place styles or not. John

Hi, Thought I would add my "two-penny" worth. I've had a similar problem with TMG7 and SS4, I have avoided mentioning before,assuming it was caused by using 'out-of-date' programmes. Examples of Tag Entry and Sentence Structure in TMG are as as follows :- [P] was born <[D]> <[L]> produced ".........born on 23 September 1933 at 52, Wickham Road, Brockley. " [PF] married [PO] <[PARO]> <[D]> <[L]> <[M]> produced ".....on 26 Dec 1905 in Elm Road Chapel, Beckenham, London, They were married by Percy's father......." In the Census for 1901 [PF] <was|and [POF] were> <[M]> <[L]> produced "......March 1901 at 4, Hainthorpe Road, West Norwood." I have not needed to use TMG reports, but after going through SS4, an extra comma has been added before the final full-stop or the final comma in each sentence. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium. John (down under) On 13 September 2015 at 12:19, John Cardinal via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Greg, > > The sentence preview may not exactly match narrative reports, primarily > because of report options. TMG explains that when you click the "(Why is it > not correct?)" link on the Sentence structures window. > > Regarding the Individual Narrative, I think the issue is your Place Style > Output template: > > <[Addressee], ><[Detail], ><[City], ><[County], ><[State]>< > [Postal],><[Phone], > > > You don't have a comma after [State]. > > I forget all the details, but I think you can disable place styles in some > TMG reports. If place styles are disabled, places will be subject to a > default format where TMG concatenates place levels followed by commas. For > a report with place styles enabled, your Place Style Output template will > be used, and that omits the comma after state. > > There are a lot of moving parts here, and I am not sure I understand > exactly how you've got things configured and how you've tested. In general, > though, I think there are two key factors: the missing comma after [State] > and whether or not a specific output (preview window or report) is using > place styles or not. > > John > > > > > The TMG archive is found here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >