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It's a sentence adverb. They all get commas.

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I voted for the comma, but don't mind too much if they are left out. They should, however, get the comma they deserve.
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I thik, that comma is required. When I was in school, my Russian teacher used to tell me that I like commas too much, because I put them where it's necessary and not.
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In the example, the adverb modifies the whole sentence, so it should be separated by a comma.
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i think the comma is required.
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So do I. Welcome to the forum.
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So do I. Welcome to the forum.
So do I as well, but one must use comma only when it's required indeed, otherwise it's going to be such a mess.
Now tell me, whether all the commas in these clauses are required indeed?
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So do I as well, but one must use comma only when it's required indeed, otherwise it's going to be such a mess.
Now tell me, whether all the commas in these clauses are required indeed?
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Well, in the first sentence it should be a semicolon instead of a comma.

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So do I. Welcome to the forum.
So do I as well, but one must use comma only when it's required indeed, otherwise it's going to be such a mess.
Now tell me, whether all the commas in these clauses are required indeed?
:wink:
Sentence adverbs, which give the speaker's opinion, are usually separated by commas from the rest of the sentence.
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