Timeline for Is it wrong to use a comma after "in addition" at the beginning of a sentence?
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| Mar 13, 2018 at 19:25 | history | edited | Max | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2018 at 18:20 | vote | accept | nCardot | ||
| Nov 9, 2017 at 20:51 | comment | added | Max | that indeed is your primary reason for it. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 20:50 | comment | added | Max | such as creationism" can be interpreted in FOUR different ways: explained material truly is one of the reasons for pseudoscience; material explained only basically truly is one of the reasons for pseudoscience; it may seem like explained material is one of the key reasons for pseudoscience, but, really, it is just one of many; it may seem like material explained only basically is one of the key reasons for pseudoscience, but, really, it is just one of many. If we don't punctuate adverbial phrases then there is no reason to punctuate anything. I think you should reconsider you downvote - if | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 20:42 | comment | added | Max | @Clare Pedantry at its best. Of course, you don't absolutely HAVE TO put commas anywhere, but if you ever decide to use them, putting a comma after (introductory) adverbial phrases is one of the first things you should do. Nearly all style manuals agree on this. The reasons are obvious - if adverbial phrases are not marked with commas, the sentence may become ambiguous and may be interpreted in more than one way, giving rise to confusion. For example, the sentence, "Basically explained material in school really is only one of many reasons for the popularity of pseudoscientific theories | |
| Nov 8, 2017 at 23:30 | comment | added | Arm the good guys in America | "should always"? what will happen if someone doesn't? blow up? get no gift from Santa? These are style guides. There's no punctuation overlord of English. | |
| Nov 8, 2017 at 22:49 | history | edited | Max | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2017 at 16:41 | history | edited | Max | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2017 at 18:13 | history | answered | Max | CC BY-SA 3.0 |