{"id":10561,"date":"2021-01-31T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=10561"},"modified":"2024-09-16T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:38:20","slug":"comma-before-especially","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-especially\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma before \u201cespecially\u201d \u2014 All The Rules &#038; Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Especially&rdquo; appears quite a lot in texts, and a comma <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-sometimes\/\"><b>sometimes<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> appears before it, but other times doesn&rsquo;t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is this so? Are there rules that guide the pre-comma placement?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;ve reached this site because of these queries sitting apprehensively at the back of your head, you certainly came to the right place.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Do you put a comma before &ldquo;especially&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A comma is placed before &ldquo;especially&rdquo; when it introduces information that carries a parenthetical function, especially at the end of the sentence.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/grammar\/adjective_or_adverb\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Adverbs<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whose job is to draw emphasis toward a word, phrase, or clause are called &ldquo;focusing adverbs&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These types of adverbs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are important in English since they are tools for language users to improve the basic meaning of a word or an idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the basic function of adverbs is to modify verbs, adjectives, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-and\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>and<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> other adverbs, adverbs of focus particularly propel a reader or speaker to provide more attention to the part being modified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, an adverb like &ldquo;especially&rdquo; is a device we can use to put other words and ideas in the spotlight when constructing sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Especially&rsquo;s&rdquo; job isn&rsquo;t necessarily astrophysics, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-rather\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is more of a movie director who makes sure that the actor is able to embody and express the intended emotion in the script.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the time, we can observe the usage of &ldquo;especially&rdquo; attached by a pre-comma towards the end of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At times, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-though\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>though<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we don&rsquo;t get to see any commas at all when it is used as an adverb in its basic function or when it is part of what we refer to as a restrictive or defining clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision of whether to place a comma or not lies within the writer&rsquo;s pragmatic, syntactic, and stylistic understanding and acuity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let us go over the specific circumstances where a comma before &ldquo;especially&rdquo; should be placed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma before &ldquo;especially&rdquo; when it introduces a parenthesis in the middle of a sentence<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In stylistics, a parenthesis, with its plural form <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">parentheses, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isn&rsquo;t those punctuation symbols <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/that-that\/\"><b>that<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> look like the legs of a bow-legged person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is rather a rhetorical or persuasive language tool that enables a writer to pepper his or her work with other interesting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-yet\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>yet<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grammatically-dispensable details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parenthetical remark could be a word, a phrase, a fragment, a clause, a sentence, or even a whole paragraph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical elements are always set off with commas or other compartmentalizing symbols to separate and highlight their function in texts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of parentheses is generally more of an informal writing strategy because they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-often-the-definitive-guide\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>often<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> introduce &ldquo;additional&rdquo; elements rather than &ldquo;essential&rdquo; ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are like the jewelry that women wear to simply become more attractive, thereby inducing an increased sense of self-worth while splurging a hefty sum of money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&rsquo;m kidding, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>but<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the analogy above can actually be applied in understanding this concept more deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical devices are often grammatically unnecessary, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to mention the fact that they take up a lot of line spaces as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, in texts, we need to use commas to mark a parenthesis&rsquo; removability, hence the insertion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To illustrate what I&rsquo;ve been trying to point out, kindly look at the example <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-above-so-below-meaning\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>below<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">My dog is afraid of everything inside the house, especially the curtains, so she runs away from them every time they start moving.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice that the sentence above could have ended at the word &ldquo;house,&rdquo; but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-since\/\"><b>since<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I wanted to emphasize the object that the subject fears the most, additional details were integrated midway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Especially&rdquo; would always need a pre-comma when used this way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules.jpg\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23267\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules.jpg\" alt=\"Comma before especially Rules\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-150x225.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23267 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Comma before especially Rules\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Comma-before-especially-Rules-150x225.jpg 150w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma before &ldquo;especially&rdquo; when it <\/b><b>introduces a sentence-final parenthesis<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A similar principle applies when the parenthetical information is added at the latter part of the sentence, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/is-with-which-correct-grammar\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is oftentimes how we use &ldquo;especially&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only difference of this structure from the former is that placing the parenthesis at the end most likely allows more information retention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/also-beginning-sentence\/\"><b>Also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, remember that a parenthesis is absolutely optional rather than necessary to the sentence&rsquo;s well-formedness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\"><b>Thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when left out, the sentence should still make perfect sense, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-albeit\/\"><b>albeit<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> becoming less interesting and detailed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s an example to illustrate the explanation above.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">My dog India is afraid of anything that moves without her prior knowledge, especially the curtains and the leaves.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She&rsquo;s quite a jumpy dog, isn&rsquo;t she? She probably wouldn&rsquo;t last a minute hanging out with Chuckie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the example above,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the fragment &ldquo;especially the curtains and the leaves&rdquo; could be conveniently taken out without hurting the remaining parts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, the pre-comma is placed to help a reader distinguish this grammatical principle, as well as to emphasize the additional details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma before &ldquo;especially&rdquo; when it comes after a parenthesis<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-for-now-vs-as-of-now\/\"><b>Now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that you&rsquo;ve understood how parentheses work, it should be a lot easier to deduce that any information introduced by &ldquo;especially&rdquo; after a parenthesis needs a comma as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tree got so mad at the wind, unknowingly making its leaves fall off the ground, especially that it has only got a handful of them left.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-obviously\/\"><b>Obviously<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enough, the final comma of the parenthetical element should automatically serve as a pre-comma to any subsequent information introduced by &ldquo;especially.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technically, the clause introduced by &ldquo;especially&rdquo; is simply just another parenthetical clause attached to the sentence to highlight a point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is also another reason why a comma has been inserted before &ldquo;especially.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>No comma before &ldquo;especially&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;especially&rdquo; modifies a verb<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As stated earlier, &ldquo;especially&rdquo; may also function as an ordinary adverb that could act as a verb modifier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This type of construction should not need a comma at all, particularly if &ldquo;especially&rdquo; and the word it modifies aren&rsquo;t a part of a parenthetical expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put simply, we can just think of how adverbs normally do one of their most basic tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">She especially loves sleeping on the floor rather than on an elevated surface.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seriously? Who would do that?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-anyway\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>Anyways<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I know you already get the point of this subsection so let&rsquo;s just move on instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;especially&rdquo; modifies an adjective<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another popular function of adverbs is to modify adjectives, which simply works quite similar to the previous part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only difference is that this structure shifts the focus to the adjective rather than the verb.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">Sarah often gets picked on by other kids, yet she seems to be especially resilient.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Especially&rdquo; pre-modifies and draws focus on the adjective &ldquo;resilient&rdquo; in the sentence above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;especially&rdquo; modifies an adverb<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, at least for the three basic adverbial functions, &ldquo;especially&rdquo; may also be used to modify another adverb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time, just think of &ldquo;especially&rdquo; giving more emphasis on its immediate relatives, rather than the distant ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-grey\">Shiela loves biking especially on Sundays.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Especially&rdquo; modifies the adverbial phrase &ldquo;on Sundays&rdquo; which contains a temporal meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, the sentence implies that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-although\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>although<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the subject may also ride her bike on other days, she finds biking particularly on Sundays extra special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions on comma usage before &ldquo;especially&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What is a parenthetical clause?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parenthetical clause, either dependent or independent, is used as a rhetorical device to emphasize, clarify, digress, or add humor to make a sentence more interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parenthesis may not necessarily be a clause as it can also be a word, a fragment, a sentence, or even a whole paragraph, which mainly depends on the writer&rsquo;s intention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>How do we properly use &ldquo;especially&rdquo; in a sentence?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can use &ldquo;especially&rdquo; properly just like how we use the adverb &ldquo;particularly.&rdquo; The role of these adverbs is to provide a focusing effect to a word, a phrase, or a clause that may function as a verb, adjective, or another adverb in a sentence. &ldquo;Especially&rdquo; often occurs as a parenthetical introductory element at the end of a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Is there a comma after &ldquo;especially&rdquo; at the beginning of the sentence?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Especially&rdquo; is an adverb that has a focusing rather than a connecting function. This means that it rarely occurs as the only element used to introduce a sentence and followed by a comma like how we use &ldquo;moreover&rdquo; for. 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