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Should there be comma before and after "therefore" if occuring in a middle of sentence?
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n o s p a m p l e a s e
Apr 7, 2009, 6:47:12 AM4/7/09
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It is, therefore, important.
It is therefore, important.
It is therefore important.
It is therefore, important.
It is therefore important.
Which one of the above is correct from punctuation point of view?
Einde O'Callaghan
Apr 7, 2009, 8:52:25 AM4/7/09
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Only the last one looks right to me. The word "therefore" is an integral
part of the sentence
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
n o s p a m p l e a s e
Apr 8, 2009, 3:12:06 AM4/8/09
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Thanx. If it is in the beginning, should be a comma e.g. "Therefore,
tt is important"?
Einde O'Callaghan
Apr 8, 2009, 4:19:33 AM4/8/09
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n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:
> On Apr 7, 2:52 pm, Einde O'Callaghan <eind...@freenet.de> wrote:
>> n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:
>>
>>> It is, therefore, important.
>>> It is therefore, important.
>>> It is therefore important.
>>> Which one of the above is correct from punctuation point of view?
>> Only the last one looks right to me. The word "therefore" is an integral
>> part of the sentence
>>
>> Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
>
> Thanx. If it is in the beginning, should be a comma e.g. "Therefore,
> tt is important"?
> On Apr 7, 2:52 pm, Einde O'Callaghan <eind...@freenet.de> wrote:
>> n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:
>>
>>> It is, therefore, important.
>>> It is therefore, important.
>>> It is therefore important.
>>> Which one of the above is correct from punctuation point of view?
>> Only the last one looks right to me. The word "therefore" is an integral
>> part of the sentence
>>
>> Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
>
> Thanx. If it is in the beginning, should be a comma e.g. "Therefore,
> tt is important"?
No, it's still an integral part of teh sentence.
There are only commas around so-called "sentence adverbs", i.e. adverbs
referring to the whole sentence - examples are "however", "nevertheless"
- and commas after ordinal adverbs such as "firstly", "lastly" at the
beginning of a sentence - although these commas are often omitted.
Regards, Einde O'callaghan
stan vincent
Apr 23, 2009, 9:05:45 PM4/23/09
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I disagree -
I think it should be: Therefore,is it important.....
therefore refers to a previous sentence asserting some fact.the speaker goes
on to ask a question.and a natural pause is necessary.
I think it should be: Therefore,is it important.....
therefore refers to a previous sentence asserting some fact.the speaker goes
on to ask a question.and a natural pause is necessary.
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