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Grammar

Comma usage after however

Can you please explain me when and when not to use commas after "However" at the start and at the middle of sentences. Can you give some examples.
  

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'However' as a conjunction will not take a comma after it, as in 'I will despise you however old I grow'; a sentence is usually more clear, however, with the adverbial 'however' offset with commas.

  • 'However' as a conjunction will not take a comma after it, as in 'I will despise you however old I grow'; a sentence is usually more clear, however, with the adverbial 'however' offset with commas.
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'However' as a conjunction will not take a comma after it, as in 'I will despise you however old I grow'; a sentence is usually more clear, however, with the adverbial 'however' offset with commas.
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I have got these points from a website:

Using However
‘However’ can be used in a number of different ways and each usage requires
particular punctuation.
using ‘however’ as a conjunctive adverb
‘However’ can be used to join two simple sentences to make a compound sentence.
‘However’ indicates that the relationship between the two independent clauses is one
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Congratulations on your website discovery, Guest. It isn't as simple as I intimated. As for:

'The results remained consistent however the data were analysed.'-- here 'however' is the conjunctive adverb meaning 'no matter how' the data were analysed; hence, no comma.

Perhaps we can forget the grammatical use and rely on the meaning instead: if 'however' means 'no matter how',
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But where does the comma go? (before or after the however)

eg. x and y (,)however(,) ...
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I think we need to see the full sentence to give you the correct answer. However, my guess is that you are going to have comma splice if you use it before the "however" to try to join two independent clauses.

On the other hand: I really support the nomination of Lisa and Ann, however fond you are of Jim, as the superior candidates.

Note: e.g., is the usgae I'm fami
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0 However is really a comparative and shouldn't be used in place of "though" or "although." For example, the sentences "She was very bright. However, she wasn't as bright as she thought she was" should be constructed "She was very bright although she wasn't as bright as she thought she was."02br
00 When however is used as a comparative, you get this construction, "However much cr
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THE SENTENCE IS - I CAN'T RELATE TO WORDS OF RACIAL SLURS HOWEVER I CAN RELATE TO HURTFUL WORDS THAT HAVE STUCK WITH ME.
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Hi,
THE SENTENCE IS - I CAN'T RELATE TO WORDS OF RACIAL SLURS HOWEVER I CAN RELATE TO HURTFUL WORDS THAT HAVE STUCK WITH ME.


Write it this way.
I CAN'T RELATE TO RACIAL SLURS. HOWEVER, I CAN RELATE TO HURTFUL WORDS THAT HAVE STUCK WITH ME.

Best wishes, Clive
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If i use however in middle of the sentence should i give comma
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As a conjunction, yes: If I call you on the phone, however, please be courteous to me.
As an adverb, no: Be courteous however I refer to you.
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