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| | Sentence adverb 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.  | 
10-Aug-2004, 11:35
| | | 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.  | 
29-Aug-2004, 14:29
| | | i think the comma is required. | 
29-Aug-2004, 15:54
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| | So do I. Welcome to the forum.  | 
30-Aug-2004, 05:49
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Originally Posted by tdol 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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04-Sep-2004, 20:58
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Originally Posted by yulia
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: | Well, in the first sentence it should be a semicolon instead of a comma.
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Originally Posted by yulia Quote: |
Originally Posted by tdol 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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