{"id":10926,"date":"2021-02-23T21:34:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=10926"},"modified":"2023-04-10T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:29:57","slug":"comma-after-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma after &#8220;after all&#8221;: The Complete Guide"},"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;After all the starts and stops, we keep coming back to these two hearts.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Cetera and Cher&rsquo;s wedding song instantly played in my head upon seeing this topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A comma doesn&rsquo;t really fit after &ldquo;after all&rdquo; in the song&rsquo;s hook, but a comma seems necessary in &ldquo;after all, he&rsquo;s your dad.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is this so? Well, all you&rsquo;ve got to do is read until the end to understand the reasons, which are not that hard to digest.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Is a comma always needed after &ldquo;after all?&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A comma after &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is essential when using the phrase as an introductory conjunctive adverb, as well as when it appears as the last word in the first clause of a compound sentence. Also, a post-comma is needed when it is used as a connective device after a semicolon, just like what we often do with &ldquo;thus&rdquo; and &ldquo;hence&rdquo;. Lastly, two commas may also encapsulate &ldquo;after all&rdquo; in the middle of a sentence when it is used as a parenthetical remark.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Considerations in placing a comma after &ldquo;after all&rdquo; in detail<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;After all&rdquo; is an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/awelu.srv.lu.se\/grammar-and-words\/selective-mini-grammar\/adverb-phrases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>adverb phrase<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that denotes the same meaning as &ldquo;at the end of the day&rdquo; in informal English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More formally, the phrase can be used to mean &ldquo;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-despite\/\"><b>despite<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> any or all contradicting or influencing factors.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When constructing arguments this way, we intend to emphasize the acceptability or validity of a particular idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-e-g\/\"><b>For example<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we can use &ldquo;after all&rdquo; in conveying an opinion on a person who still needs acceptance despite doing something perceived as a negative act.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">After all, you can never undo the reality that she is your mother.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you might have noticed the post-comma in the example above, let us <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-now\/\"><b>now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discuss when to use one in ample detail.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is used as an introductory element<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-first\/\"><b>first<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> case that necessitates a comma after &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is when it is used as an introductory element.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using &ldquo;after all&rdquo; this way makes the phrase function as a conjunctive adverb <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/that-that\/\"><b>that<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creates an emphatic effect on whatever argument is being made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post-<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" title=\"comma placement\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">comma placement<\/a> assists the smooth flow and transition of thought because of the pause it prompts.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">After all, you can never change the fact that she&rsquo;s your mom.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-whereas\/\"><b>Whereas<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not placing a post-comma makes the sentence hard to digest, and thus, may easily lead to misinterpretation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is used as the last word in the first clause<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, we may also use a comma after &ldquo;after all&rdquo; when it appears as the last phrase in the first clause in a compound sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A compound sentence is composed of at least two independent clauses linked together <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-with\/\"><b>with<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a coordinating conjunction, such as &ldquo;and&rdquo;, &ldquo;or,&rdquo; or &ldquo;but.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good writers know that the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coordinating-conjunctions\/\" title=\"coordinating conjunctions\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">coordinating conjunctions<\/a> need a preceding comma to mark the independence of each clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/\"><b>So<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this should also be the case with &ldquo;after all&rdquo; in case it is used as the last phrase before the conjunction.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">It wasn&rsquo;t so bad after all, but it was neither good as well.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10932\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin.jpg\" alt=\"Comma After After All: The Definitive Guide\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-512x768.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10932 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 After After All: The Definitive Guide\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-After-After-All-Pin-512x768.jpg 512w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is used after a semicolon<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last case wherein a post-comma is necessary is when &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is used after a semicolon to introduce another independent idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/semicolons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The semicolon functions as a linking tool<\/a><\/strong> in connecting two sets of ideas that are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-too-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>too<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> closely related to be separated into two sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;After all&rdquo; also functions as a conjunctive adverb in this case, similar to how we use &ldquo;thus&rdquo; or &ldquo;hence&rdquo; in the same structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to explore more on how semicolons do their job in sentences, please check out our other post covering this topic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/semicolons\/\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">The world needs both good and bad people; after all, balance is the key to a sustainable civilization.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Considerations in omitting the comma after &ldquo;after all&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this section, you will find out when putting a comma after &ldquo;after all&rdquo; becomes incorrect, as well as the possible cases <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-in-which-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>in which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the comma is optional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post-comma makes the sentence ungrammatical when &ldquo;after all&rdquo; functions as a prepositional phrase in the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-however\/\"><b>However<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the comma can be conveniently omitted when the adverbial phrase causes a weak interruption or when it is used in a more formal text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s tackle these nuances in detail to get a clearer view.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is followed by a noun<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the adverbial sense of &ldquo;after all,&rdquo; it may also function as a prepositional phrase in a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of prepositions entails the usage of nouns afterward, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/which-vs-what\/\"><b>which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also possible with &ldquo;after all.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More technically speaking, &ldquo;after&rdquo; is the actual preposition in this structure, followed by the determiner &ldquo;all&rdquo; which then needs a subsequent object.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that when a noun follows &ldquo;after all,&rdquo; you are not using the phrase as an adverbial connector, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>but rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a preposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepositions need a noun or a noun phrase as an object, which has a different function from the earlier examples that focused on its adverbial<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technicalities aside, let me just show you a sample line from one of Paramore&rsquo;s songs that contains this usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope you&rsquo;ve already heard of Hayley Williams singing Still Into You before, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-of-which-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released back in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next example is taken from the pre-chorus line.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">&ldquo;And after all this time, I&rsquo;m still into you.&rdquo;<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is followed by &ldquo;this time,&rdquo; a noun phrase; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\"><b>thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, never insert a comma when you&rsquo;re structuring your sentence this way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;after all&rdquo; causes a weak interruption<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let me introduce another case wherein the post-comma could just be deliberately removed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is possible when the writer is more interested in the overall idea conveyed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/before-vs-by-dates\/\"><b>by<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a relatively short sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that the interruption would be too weak and the comma non-placement would <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-not\/\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> necessarily create any confusion to the reader.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">After all she&rsquo;s right.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, this guideline makes the comma omission possible but not necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-hence\/\"><b>Hence<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a comma may also be placed should the writer intend to do so, especially in an informal text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;after all&rdquo; is used in a formal text<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, lots of commas are also not encouraged when conveying a formal tone in writing, much less parenthetical remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interestingly, commas <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have the ability to create a casual tonality in texts because of their rhythmic or prosodic function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put simply, using commas quite <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-often-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>often<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in formalistic texts make the tone casual or personal, hence the recommended omission.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">The legislators state that they are willing after all to change the course of the country&rsquo;s history.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The non-placement of commas, therefore, helps in facilitating the neutral flow of an idea that is intended for more formal discourses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The commas before and after &ldquo;after all&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;ve been quite interested in this specific topic, you might have also noticed that two commas may <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-sometimes\/\"><b>sometimes<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encapsulate &ldquo;after all&rdquo; in texts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason for that is not necessarily related to astrophysics, as it is rather explainable by the field of stylistics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As briefly stated earlier, two commas may also be used before and after the phrase &ldquo;after all&rdquo; when the writer intends to use it as a parenthetical remark midway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical remarks are simply &ldquo;accessories&rdquo; in sentences and, thus, grammatically removable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;ve noticed my use of &ldquo;thus&rdquo; in the previous sentence, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-then\/\"><b>then<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that means you have more or less understood this concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But of course, here&rsquo;s an example to illustrate what has just been elaborated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#dfdfde;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">You can never beat your sister in table tennis but, after all, you&rsquo;ve always been better with maths.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;After all&rdquo; is parenthetically used in the example above for rhetorical reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that &ldquo;after all&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t have to be included in the sentence, but it was optionally used to add emphasis, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-thereby\/\"><b>thereby<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making the sentence more interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commas are needed in marking these parenthetical elements to make the sentence more readable and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-nonetheless\/\"><b>nonetheless<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> emphatic.<\/span><br>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What is exactly meant by &ldquo;after all?&rdquo;\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"The adverbial sense of &ldquo;after all&rdquo; 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However, if the intention is to denote the meaning of &ldquo;at the end of the day,&rdquo; then it should be written into two separate words.\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}\n<\/script><br>\n<!--FAQPage Code Generated by https:\/\/saijogeorge.com\/json-ld-schema-generator\/faq\/--><\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions on Comma After &ldquo;After All&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What is exactly meant by &ldquo;after all?&rdquo;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The adverbial sense of &ldquo;after all&rdquo; denotes the meaning &ldquo;despite any or all contributing factors.&rdquo; More colloquially, it simply means &ldquo;at the end of the day&rdquo; which can be used to draw emphasis toward an argument that is intended to be conclusive or inarguable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>How to use &ldquo;after all&rdquo; as part of a noun phrase?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;After all&rdquo; may also be followed by a noun or noun phrase as in &ldquo;after all the challenges,&rdquo; &ldquo;after all this time,&rdquo; and &ldquo;after all the starts and stops.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Is &ldquo;afterall&rdquo; incorrect?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the intention is to use the one-word expression as a name of a movement, group, or organization, then it can be correct. However, if the intention is to denote the meaning of &ldquo;at the end of the day,&rdquo; then it should be written into two separate words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punctuation decisions, especially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-especially\/\"><b>with<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commas, can be excruciating and time-consuming even for the most prolific writers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is true because the perceived &ldquo;hard rules&rdquo; are merely inexistent, meaning the writer&rsquo;s intention has to be critically considered in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-all\/\"><b>After all<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, commas and the other punctuation marks serve a single purpose in the written world of languages, that is, to disambiguate ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;After all the starts and stops, we keep coming back to these two hearts.&rdquo; Peter Cetera and Cher&rsquo;s wedding song instantly played in my head upon seeing this topic. A comma doesn&rsquo;t really fit after &ldquo;after all&rdquo; in the song&rsquo;s hook, but a comma seems necessary in &ldquo;after all, he&rsquo;s your dad.&rdquo;&nbsp; Why is this &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"Article","disable-critical-css":false,"_convertkit_action_broadcast_export":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1119,1116],"tags":[80,379],"class_list":["post-10926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comma-rules","category-grammar","tag-comma","tag-comma-after-after-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10926"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24565,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10926\/revisions\/24565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}