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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Comma after Therefore?

Therefore we cannot guarantee those external ideas.
  

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Yes.

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"Therefore" is parenthetical. If the sentence had been "We cannot, therefore, guarantee those external ideas", there would be no discussion. At the beginning of a sentence, it remains parenthetical and takes a comma.

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