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Comma after "So" Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:03 am  Comma after "So"
 

Hi

Many a time I have noticed a comma after So, and many a time I have not. Is there any difference?

1- So, the meaning that comes to my mind...
2- So the meaning that comes to my mind...

I would request you to elaborate it.

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That important little curl Sun Sep 03, 2006 15:04 pm  That important little curl
 

Commas almost seem to have become a personal choice. Even good writers do what’s more comfortable for them and some don’t bother much with the little curly thing. It’s probably a question of habit, too. And yet! How many sentences have I not misread due to the lack of commas!

I would normally put a comma after ‘so’ when it has the meaning of ‘therefore’. The lack of one in your sentence doesn’t cause confusion, though.
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