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If I wanted to start a sentence with "hey" and follow that with someone's name, would a comma go after the name too? Here's what I mean:
1:
"Hey, Thomas, I'm staying home today."
2:
"Hey, Thomas. I'm staying home today."
Is it wrong to have the comma after Thomas?
Yes, put a comma both before and after the name.
I was taught this little trick: if you remove the word between the commas ("Hey, I'm staying home today.") and it's still a complete sentence, then the 2-comma rule applies.
