Comma or not?
We've been together for 20 years, so needless to say, we've had our ups and downs as well.
How would punctuate the above sentence?
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We've been together for 20 years, so, needless to say, we've had our ups and downs, as well. But I like commas.
- We've been together for 20 years, so, needless to say, we've had our ups and downs, as well.
- But I like commas.
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We've been together for 20 years, so, needless to say, we've had our ups and downs, as well.
But I like commas.
0anonymousWe've been together for 20 years, so needless to say, we've had our ups and downs as well.
How would punctuate the above sentence?
I'd punctuate it as you did, and I'm a comma minimalist.
0anonymousWe've been together for 20 years, so needless to say we've had our ups and downs as well.
I'd punctuate it as shown above, with just the one comma to separate the two independent clauses.
(I've read a lot of Gertrude Stein. She proved to me that commas are not as necessary for understanding as people may think. If you need a lot of commas,
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