When beginning a sentence with "well", do you put a comma after it?
- Well, you know I was wrong.
- Well you know I was wrong.
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Well water does not contain chlorine. In the previous sentence the word in question is used to modify the subject of the sentence, water. But, when well is an expletive, it is parenthetical and needs the comma.
answered Dec 11, 2013 at 16:50
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Thank you! I transcribe and my boss keeps removing the commas that follow "well" at the beginning of a sentence..... Commented Dec 11, 2013 at 17:19
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I'd say most would omit it nowadays in << Well I never! >> (most of those who would still use this). Commented Jan 6, 2021 at 11:57