Well.. i am running out of grammar posts but something that i found that i know i do struggle with is abbreviations after a name. The site that i found really was good atleast for me hopefully this can help someone else.
Abbreviations after a name--such as Jr., Sr., and academic titles--are set off by commas. They begin with a capital letter and end with a period.
Do not use the abbreviations unless they follow the name.
Correct: William F. Buckley, Jr. Walter Judd, M.D.
Incorrect: The average M.D. sees forty patients day. (Does not follow name)
Correct: The average medical doctor sees forty patients a day.
In a full sentence, each abbreviation after a name is set off by a comma both before and after. No comma is needed at the end if the sentence ends with the abbreviation.
Correct: The Hon. Rep. Walter Judd, M.D., represented a Minnesota district in the U.S. Congress.
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000055.htm
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