Adverbial and prepositional phrase at beginning of sentence?
"Currently, in the USA, there are no laws regarding..."
Am I correct to say that there needs to be a comma separating the adverb "currently" and "in the USA" as they are removed from normal word order, each?
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" Am I correct to say that there needs to be a comma separating the adverb "currently" and "in the USA" as they are removed from normal word order, each? No. No commas are needed there.
- " Am I correct to say that there needs to be a comma separating the adverb "currently" and "in the USA" as they are removed from normal word order, each?
- No.
- No commas are needed there.
- For future reference, initial prepositional phrases are not set off by commas unless they are quite long (five or more words, sometimes four if they're long words).
- CJ
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allexkramer432"Currently, in the USA, there are no laws regarding..."
Am I correct to say that there needs to be a comma separating the adverb "currently" and "in the USA" as they are removed from normal word order, each?
No. No commas are needed there.
For future reference, initial prepositional phrases are not set off by commas unless th
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