{"id":9221,"date":"2020-11-08T16:46:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=9221"},"modified":"2023-04-10T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:18:02","slug":"comma-before-or-after-however","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-however\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma before or after &#8220;however&#8221;: The Definitive 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;\">Symbols as unthreatening and innocent-looking as commas do have the ability to make any person flinch at least an inch when writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To add insult to the broken leg, we may also get anxious with the confusing nature of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writing.wisc.edu\/handbook\/grammarpunct\/conjadv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>adverbs masquerading as conjunctions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/cringy-vs-cringey\/\"><b>cringy (or cringey<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as these topics may be, we cannot run away from the fact that these lexical units are but important in writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following sections aim to diminish some of the confusion brought by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coma-vs-comma\/\"><b><i>commas<\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n[toc]\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9227\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin.png\" alt=\"Comma Before or After However\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin.png 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-561x842.png 561w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-364x546.png 364w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-728x1092.png 728w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-608x912.png 608w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-758x1137.png 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin.png\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9227 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 or After However\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin.png\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin.png 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-561x842.png 561w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-364x546.png 364w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-728x1092.png 728w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-608x912.png 608w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-Before-or-After-However-Pin-758x1137.png 758w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Do we need a comma before or after &ldquo;however&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quick answer to the question above is&hellip;it depends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A comma most likely appears after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>rather<\/b> <b>than<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, when this conjunctive adverb is used as an interrupter in a sentence, called a parenthetical expression, a comma must always come before it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More prevalent than the above scenario, a comma should be put after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when it functions either as an introductory clause connector or as the last word in a parenthetical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/unnecessary-commas\/\"><b>no commas are required<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when it is used as an adverb of manner that means &ldquo;in whichever way&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma before &ldquo;however&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interruptions that are inserted in sentences to evoke persuasion or information clarification are known as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">parentheses.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical statements are peripheral speech devices that do not necessarily affect the immediate meaning of the whole sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On that note, we can directly assume that these expressions will not hurt grammaticality lest they are taken away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commas, brackets, or dashes may be used to separate these intentional or accidental thoughts from the rest of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, a comma is mandatory before <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every time it is used to introduce parentheticals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Using <\/b><b><i>however<\/i><\/b><b> as a parenthetical element<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interruptive use of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expresses contrast to another statement or other implicit features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the lexical meaning of this adverbial connector is relatively similar to saying &ldquo;in spite of what was said&rdquo; or &ldquo;despite being&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Layla<strong>, however<\/strong> aggravated by the offensive suggestion, remained calm and professional.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice the absolute grammaticality even after removing the parenthetical expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Layla remained calm and professional.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>However,<\/strong> the rhetoric effect was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> omitted after its removal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\"><b>Thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depending on the intent of the message, discretion is advised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma after &ldquo;however&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The comma after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is fairly easy to use compared to the former case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This typically occurs when it functions as a conjunctive adverb that introduces a sentence, or when it connects a secondary independent clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A comma is always necessary after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in these two sentence structures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>However<\/i><\/b><b> as a conjunctive adverb<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a type of adverb that has a conjunctive function, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and thus<\/a><\/strong>, it is called a conjunctive adverb for this reason.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conjunctive adverbs are cohesive devices that aid in the logical flow of ideas in sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They may also be sometimes called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adverbial connectors<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although adverbial connectors and <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/conjunctions\/\" title=\"conjunctions\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">conjunctions<\/a> both have the ability to connect ideas, conjunctions are only limited to their &ldquo;connecting&rdquo; function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adverbial connectors or conjunctive adverbs, on the other hand, are more flexible tools because they, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-too-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>too<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have the capability to modify other sentence parts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is used as a conjunctive adverb in introducing clauses, a comma is always necessary after it.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>However,<\/strong> it is unnecessary for the employees to finish the medical examination within the current month.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence may also be reconstructed to shift the emphatic focus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that a semicolon before <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is often used <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-instead\/\"><b>instead<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of a comma to clearly separate the segregation of lengthy ideas as with the one below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">All employees are advised to have a medical examination as soon as possible; <strong>however,<\/strong> it is not necessary to finish it within the current month.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma before and after however<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As explained several sentences ago, parenthetical expressions are interruptive words, phrases, or clauses that are grammatically dispensable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may also be used singlehandedly as a parenthetical interrupter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When this happens,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adjacent commas before <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-and\/\"><b>and<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">must be employed to signal its parenthetical function.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Commas<strong>, however,<\/strong> decrease the chances of message misinterpretation.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">In the earthquake-prone areas<strong>, however,<\/strong> the inhabitants have remained disaster-resilient.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, this specific type of parenthetical is stylistically known as an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aside.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asides are generally inserted to convey either a sycophantic or regretful emotion for coaxing reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, to note one last time, this type of word insertion is done for emphasis rather than a grammatical yardstick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>When are commas not necessary with however?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conjunctive adverbs do have the ability to modify other sentence parts aside from their connecting function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another possible way to use <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is to imply the meaning of &ldquo;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-despite\/\"><b>despite<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> how something was done&rdquo; or &ldquo;in whichever way&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in this manner omits the necessity of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" title=\"comma usage\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">comma usage<\/a> around it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><i>However <\/i><\/b><b>as an adverb of manner<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In explaining how something is done, we do have to take note of the explicit difference of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s lexical denotation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-now\/\"><b>now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mean &ldquo;in all or whatever ways possible&rdquo;, and no commas should be used to separate it from the other sentence units.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">My brother keeps forgetting to turn the TV off before sleeping <strong>however<\/strong> we always remind him.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>However<\/strong> we always remind my brother to turn the TV off before sleeping, he just keeps forgetting it.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both sentences above imply the same message that although we have done our best to always remind my brother to be more responsible, he just doesn&rsquo;t seem to care at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">however <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the sentence above may be less common than using it as a conjunctive adverb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, a reader may have the tendency to misinterpret (especially the first example) the message or at least prompt the need to re-read the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, paraphrasing would even be a better option instead of its rather ambiguous usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;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:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">No matter how much we try to convince my brother to grow up already, he is just an utterly hopeless case.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was probably more blunt than the previous samples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whichever you may choose to use, the intent and the audience should always be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both grammatical and stylistic speech devices are essential in any written language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the absence of oral speech, written symbols guide the communication between and among individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, their appropriate application is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-thereby\/\"><b>thereby<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> substantial in assisting language preservation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symbols as unthreatening and innocent-looking as commas do have the ability to make any person flinch at least an inch when writing. To add insult to the broken leg, we may also get anxious with the confusing nature of adverbs masquerading as conjunctions. As cringy (or cringey) as these topics may be, we cannot run &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9226,"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":[35,1119,1116],"tags":[80,175,174,176],"class_list":["post-9221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-comma-rules","category-grammar","tag-comma","tag-comma-after-however","tag-comma-before-however","tag-comma-usage-however"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221","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=9221"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24521,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221\/revisions\/24521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}