{"id":9922,"date":"2020-12-26T22:44:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T22:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=9922"},"modified":"2023-04-11T00:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T00:18:05","slug":"comma-before-respectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-respectively\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma before &#8220;respectively&#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;\">Having the ability to use punctuation marks with ease, and perhaps without consulting Dr. Google, entails advanced linguistic literacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being able to appropriately employ words <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/that-that\/\"><b>that<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/common-comma-mistakes\/\"><b>commonly misused<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and misinterpreted suggests the same idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since these two areas are two <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-of-which-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>of<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the most crucial parts <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-in-which-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>in<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> language application, it is essential to discuss them in detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on to have an in-depth understanding of the comma placement guidelines particularly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/before-vs-by-dates\/\"><b>before<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a word that breathes ambiguity, the adverb &ldquo;respectively.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Is a comma necessary before &ldquo;respectively&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>In most cases, a pre-comma is essentially placed before &ldquo;respectively,&rdquo; especially when it appears at the end of a clause or sentence. It particularly functions as a post-modifying adverb that matches at least two separate lists in a sentence. Two commas may also be positioned adjacently when &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; appears mid-sentence. However, for stylistic and readability reasons, commas may be omitted, especially in a sentence with more than two sets of serial information. Lastly, unparalleled lists that do not agree in the number of entities should not be modified with &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; at all, and hence should be paraphrased.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The comma before &ldquo;respectively&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; is often misused due to its close pronunciation and denotation with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academicanswers.waldenu.edu\/faq\/73142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>adverb<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;respectfully.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Respectively&rdquo; is a rather advanced adverb commonly used in scholarly articles to show parallel relationships of multiple data lists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It post-modifies a parallel list of items following a particular order as mentioned in an utterance or a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coma-vs-comma\/\"><b>comma<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> usually comes before &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; in the written language to signify its semantic and syntactic function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s discuss the different instances requiring its pre-comma placement in detail <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-above-so-below-meaning\/\"><b>below<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; appears in the latter part of a parallel list<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Respectively&rdquo; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-often-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>often<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> appears after a secondary list to modify or refer back to another set of listed elements mentioned earlier in the same sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-usage-in-particular\/\"><b>In particular<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the usage of this adverb indicates the meaning that whatever list is included in the earlier part of the sentence matches the order of another set of elements found in the second list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It should only be used if and when clarifying and matching the relationship of different entities found in the same sentence having more than one set of items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Respectively&rdquo; is placed nearest to the second list, mostly afterward, in the sentence such as in the next example.<\/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;\">The major factors affecting the changes in A and B are X and Y, respectively.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence above logically informs the reader that A is mainly affected by X, and B is affected by Y, without having to repeat the same idea in a single sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the sentence were extended for explanation purposes, it may look like the subsequent example.<\/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;\">The study found that two major factors significantly affected the changes in A and B. A is affected by X, and B is affected by Y.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; facilitates the exclusion of any redundant, superfluous, and awkwardly-written sentential patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\"><b>Thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it helps in creating concise and logical statements that can be easily deduced by the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>When &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; appears at the end of the clause followed by a semicolon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/semicolons\/\"><b>semicolon<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also known as the super-comma, possesses the combined function of a period and a comma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This punctuation mark may tether a closely-related compound sentence minus the coordinating conjunction, or it may link a complex list that already contains commas within.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Respectively&rdquo; may be used before the semicolon to match at least two sets of items that may contain further details after the semicolon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea of maintaining parallelism remains constant in this process, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/such-as-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>such as<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the example 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;\">In the control group, the average ages of the male, female, and LGBTQ respondents are 25.4, 28.5, and 23.8, respectively; however, the levels of perceived prejudice were found to be insignificant across all gender categories.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, the listed average ages match the three previously-mentioned gender classifications in the form of &ldquo;male, female, and LGBTQ.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the use of &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> implies that the three items under the two sets of lists follow the order used in the serial list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put simply, we may think of the sentence above as a form of elaboration of a tabular list containing two separate columns of data.<\/span><\/p>\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;\"> column contains the three gender categories used in the study, while the second column is the list of their corresponding mean ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Is it possible to put commas before and after &ldquo;respectively&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can infer from the last section that &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; is generally used after a secondary list that matches and modifies an earlier list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-although\/\"><b>Although<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this is almost always the case, &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; may also be used in the middle of a sentence that would require two adjacent commas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may happen when it is inserted parenthetically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>The mid-sentence parenthetical use of &ldquo;respectively&rdquo;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parenthesis is an idea inserted within a sentence to add emphasis or clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical elements are offset with two commas when they interrupt the sentence midway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These commas are essential in disambiguating clunky sentences and avoiding chances of confusion or misinterpretation.<\/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;\">The research revealed that males and females manage their identities by means of social competition and individual mobility, respectively, at all age levels.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence above implies that the identity management strategy mainly used by the male group in all age levels tested is &ldquo;social competition&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-whereas\/\"><b>Whereas<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, females demonstrated the tendency to use the concept of &ldquo;individual mobility&rdquo; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-instead\/\"><b>instead<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-no-matter\/\"><b>no matter<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what age they belong to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-obviously\/\"><b>Obviously<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enough, the details in the example above are only indicative of the most prevalent, gender-specific identity management strategy for all ages tested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; is highly useful in summarizing multiple data results, especially in scientific papers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, it further particularizes the order or sequence of elements involved, and hence only added when having this intent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9928\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_.jpg\" alt=\"Comma before respectively\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" data-pin-description='When is a comma needed before \"respectively\"? All you need to know about this topic. 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All you need to know about this topic. ' sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Comma-Before-_respectively_-512x768.jpg 512w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>When is a comma unnecessary before &ldquo;respectively&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the last two sections have already elaborated the major functions of &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; altogether <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/is-with-which-correct-grammar\/\"><b>with<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comma-placement guidelines, adjustments may also be made for stylistic reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may also be done to increase textual readability as sentences utilizing &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; already elicits a non-simplistic format.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s look at this case in detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; is used before enumerating at least two sets of multiple lists<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Respectively&rdquo; may be positioned before two serial sets of information corresponding to an initial list in a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This simply means that the sentence contains three separate lists of items, and the writer is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/also-beginning-sentence\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interested in describing their relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea of moving &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; before the second list is, again, to improve readability especially in a sentence having multiple data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pre-and-post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/unnecessary-commas\/\"><b>commas are not necessary<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for this kind of sentence structure.<\/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;\">Participants A, B, and C manifested significant changes in heart rate respectively at 89, 92, and 96 bpm at condition X and 109, 110, and 111 bpm at condition Y.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the sentence above, we can understand that two different conditions were applied to three different participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ergo, this is similar to a table having three separate columns <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-with\/\"><b>with<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> varying results that match each condition applied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first column contains the participants, the second column illustrates the heart rates at the first condition, and the third column demonstrates the heart rates in the other condition applied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commas are nonessential in this particular example as &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; already premodifies the two sets of data that refer back to the first list of participants mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The incorrect use of &ldquo;respectively&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-now\/\"><b>Now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that we have understood how to use and punctuate &ldquo;respectively,&rdquo; it is also crucial to know what circumstances entail its incorrect usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Respectively&rdquo; is inappropriately used either when only one set of serial information is involved, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-or\/\"><b>or<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when only one entity corresponds to all items included.<\/span><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When only one list is involved<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The correct usage of &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; prompts the idea of parallelizing the relationship of at least two sets of entity <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/20-things-that-come-in-pairs\/\" title=\"pairs\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">pairs<\/a> or more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/with-that-being-said\/\"><b>With that being said<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is therefore incorrect to only have one set of items in a sentence post-modified by &ldquo;respectively.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It defeats the function of this particular adverb in the process since &ldquo;all males&rdquo; summarizes the complementary detail for the multiple subjects.<\/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>Incorrect:<\/strong> Participants A, B, and C are all males, respectively.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence above does not necessitate the use of &ldquo;respectively&rdquo; as a modifying adverb, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/the-and-sign-how-when-and-why-to-use-it\/\"><b>and<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hence should be removed.<\/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>Correct:<\/strong> Participants A, B, and C are all males.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When the second list does not correspond to all items in the first list<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next circumstance that does <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-not\/\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> essentialize the attachment of &ldquo;respectively&rsquo; is when the second set is not parallel to or does not <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/agreeance\/\"><b>agree<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the initial list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, the idea is that the number of items in the second list should modify the primary list in order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, the sentence would be incorrect if the number of items in both lists does not match.<\/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>Incorrect:<\/strong> Participants A, B, and C are males and females, respectively.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence should be reworded in a more specific manner depending on the intention of the writer.<\/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>Correct:<\/strong> The gender categories of participants A, B, and C are male, female, and LGBTQ, respectively.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some words and punctuation marks in English are, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-in-fact\/\"><b>in fact<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, intended to illustrate syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and even stylistic functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Respectively&rdquo; is special in such a way that it facilitates space-saving and non-redundancy in the sentence construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, this adverb must be used with the utmost caution, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/\"><b>so<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as not to mislead both technical and non-technical readers in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having the ability to use punctuation marks with ease, and perhaps without consulting Dr. Google, entails advanced linguistic literacy. Being able to appropriately employ words that are commonly misused and misinterpreted suggests the same idea. Since these two areas are two of the most crucial parts in language application, it is essential to discuss them &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9927,"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":[80,264],"class_list":["post-9922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-comma-rules","category-grammar","tag-comma","tag-comma-before-respectively"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9922","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=9922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24773,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9922\/revisions\/24773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}