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I've got a handful of such sentences in my manuscript. For example:
So, I broke up with her.
So, I owe a lot to Jeremy.
“So, Gerald and I were thinking…”
My editor added the comma after "so"...I didn't have it in my manuscript in most cases. In some places, it looks weird to me with the comma...but is it correct? This article suggests you need the comma because "so" is a conjunctive adverb when used this way. An editor at a publisher I worked with last year added the comma to my work...and then the copy editor took it out, IIRC. I'm confused.
I assume I should keep the comma, but I'm not sure?
So, I broke up with her.
So, I owe a lot to Jeremy.
“So, Gerald and I were thinking…”
My editor added the comma after "so"...I didn't have it in my manuscript in most cases. In some places, it looks weird to me with the comma...but is it correct? This article suggests you need the comma because "so" is a conjunctive adverb when used this way. An editor at a publisher I worked with last year added the comma to my work...and then the copy editor took it out, IIRC. I'm confused.
I assume I should keep the comma, but I'm not sure?