[Forum] RE: Introductory clause question

I agree with Ron (on both the selection and the comma removal).

[Forum] RE: Comma Necessary

Thank you both tutenkharnage and wonderfulray for your comments. wonderfulray, I agree with you that 3) is best. It's cleanest and shortest. I am fighting with 2) because I sometimes come across situations like that and am never confident of my punctuation. With regard to "likely," there mi

[Forum] RE: Use of commas

[color=#000000][size=medium][font=Calibri, sans-serif]Thank you for your reply, which gives me the following insight: It seems to make sense for the answer to depend on whether or not the introductory phrase—or the introductory dependent clause, as in the example you cite—is intended to modify the s

[Forum] RE: Comma after an introductory "now"?

Yes, I would agree with you. Here's the section I think applies. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch06/ch06_sec039.html

[Forum] RE: Commas with direct address after single word introductory phrase

My pleasure! Welcome to the CMOS forum! :)

[Forum] Which method of punctuation in this sentence do you prefer?

I am confused about the best way to punctuate the following sentence (and others of a similar construction). "It's amazing that he is so loud at school when, at home, he is very quiet." "It's amazing that he is so loud at school when at home, he is very quiet." "It's amazing that he is so

[Forum] RE: time of day: a.m. and p.m.

In England, we used 10pm (no space after "10," and no full stops in "pm." The ciphers were not used with time "on the hour." We also used the full stop—not the colon—in the following: 10.30pm. This is strictly BrE style, I think. I cannot speak for the American way. An aside: The only thing I fi

[Forum] RE: Introductory clause question

Thank you! (That comma after engine was in original, and I also hated to remove it unless absolutely correct/necessary.) But I agree: I don't like it. Thanks again!

[Forum] RE: Commas with introductory phrases

#2 was the one I could definitely see the comma addition being better. That's really helpful to know they're not required, just better for readability. Makes complete sense.

[Forum] RE: Comma with introductory material

No rule. I tend to use them if the tone of the piece is casual. If it's completely informational I ditch them.