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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / April 2009Should there be comma before and after "therefore" if occuring in a middle of sentence?
It is, therefore, important. It is therefore, important. It is therefore important. Which one of the above is correct from punctuation point of view? > 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 > > It is, therefore, important. > > It is therefore, important. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Thanx. If it is in the beginning, should be a comma e.g. "Therefore, tt is important"? >>> It is, therefore, important. >>> It is therefore, important. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 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 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. >>>> It is, therefore, important. >>>> It is therefore, important. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Regards, Einde O'callaghan |
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