This is a very simple comma rule that gets missed a lot. It’s just this:
When you talk to someone, as is common in novels, their name gets a pair of commas surrounding it. It doesn’t have to be a proper (capitalized) name.
Yes, sir, right away.
Dad, can I have some money?
Stop it, Jim.
Hey, bro, help me out here.
This rule is only for direct addresses, as shown above, not for the following examples.
I asked Dad for some money.
I told Jim to stop it.
These are a different type of sentence.
Trick to Remember
If you’re talking to someone, their name gets two commas around it.
Is that helpful? That’s all I got.
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