31. Thus you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets; In Acts. 7:52 the first martyr Stephen speaks in the same words: “Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom the traitors and

The game is endless if you play it this way

The game is endless if you play it this way. If something works, then instinct tells us not to try any more. Why want anything more? If, on the other hand, you are playing some game, then the goal is to keep playing. Work

There are many rules in Russian punctuation that are not easy to understand. After all, punctuation marks not only define the boundaries of phrases and sentences, but also help convey the feelings and emotions of the people reproducing them. Whether it’s worth highlighting “primarily” with commas or not, we’ll talk about it in this article.

To understand whether commas are needed to highlight the word “mostly”, it is necessary to determine its meaning and grammatical characteristics.

“Predominantly”, that is, in dominance over others. For example, “He chooses mostly teddy bears,” that is, when choosing from a variety of toys, he chooses bears and not something else.

From a morphological point of view, it can be noted that the word “predominantly” is an adverb formed from the adjective “predominant” in a suffixal way.

This adverb is similar to words such as: certainly, indeed, which, in addition to one of the members of the sentence, can be introductory words.

“His leadership in our team is unquestionable.” Leadership (what?) is unconditional. In this sentence, the analyzed word is part of a compound nominal predicate, expressed by a short neuter adjective.

“Of course, he is the leader of our team.” In this sentence, the analyzed word does not answer the question, therefore, is not one of the members of the sentence, is used to indicate confidence, and is easily omitted without changing the meaning. Maybe highlight “predominantly” with commas?

Introductory words

Introductory words are expressions used to give additional meaning to a phrase. They are not members of the sentence; in writing they are separated, separated by commas on both sides. They can be expressed by words of different parts of speech, phrases, both stable and changing.

Introductory words are used in several cases:

When formalizing the train of thought (firstly, on the one hand, therefore).

When expressing emotions, confidence, uncertainty (fortunately, unfortunately, of course, without a doubt).

When indicating the source of speaking (according to words, according to a message, in other words).

In case of attracting attention (imagine, see, know).

When indicating the measure (at least the largest, without exaggeration).

The word we are analyzing does not have any of the above, there is no need to highlight it “primarily” with commas in writing. It cannot be an introductory word.

Exception words

It is correct not to separate “primarily” with commas, as is the case with other exception words, such as: “decisively”, “approximately”, “exclusively”.

She wanted mainly a warm relationship.

His actions were strongly rejected.

To make the pie you need approximately five apples.

He does this solely for her safety.

Clarifying circumstances

“Predominantly” is an adverb, therefore, in a sentence, as a rule, it acts as an adverb. In some cases, circumstances tend to become isolated.

Is it possible to highlight “primarily” with commas, following this punctogram?

Circumstances stand out in two cases:

Determining the additional meaning of time: “Today, at nine o’clock in the evening, my favorite film will be shown on TV.” When will the film be shown? Today. And when exactly? At nine o'clock in the evening.

Determining the additional meaning of the place: “Tomorrow I’m going to the village, to my parents.” Where am I going? To the village. But where exactly? To parents.

Isolated circumstances have a clarifying meaning of place and time. Each subsequent one will answer the question “when exactly”, “where exactly”.

The word that interests us is not a circumstance of time or place, and therefore cannot be isolated.

And thus

conjunction + adverb expression; conjunction + introductory expression

1. Conjunction + adverbial expression. Same as “in this way”, “so”. An adverb does not require punctuation. Punctuation during conjunction depends on the syntactic structure of the sentence.

Mother, who knew by heart all his habits and customs, always tried to shove the unfortunate book as far away as possible., and thus The court calendar did not catch his eye sometimes for entire months. A. Pushkin, The Captain's Daughter. ...She did not at all think, as I already noted above, to subject the crocodile to retrograde and humiliating punishment with rods, but simply simply wished that his belly would be ripped open with a knife and thus Ivan Matveich was freed from its interior. F. Dostoevsky, Crocodile.

2. Conjunction + introductory expression. The words “thus” are set off by punctuation, usually commas.

She speaks so well, she suffers so pitifully, everything around her is so bad that you have no indignation against her, you pity her, you take up arms against her oppressors and thus, in her face you justify vice. N. Dobrolyubov, A ray of light in a dark kingdom. Scientists took a long time to discover and thus, it did not come as a surprise to them.

The introductory expression “thus” is not separated by a punctuation mark from the connecting conjunction “and” located at the beginning of the sentence.

Fedya did not go to college. And thus, he was drafted into the army.

Dictionary-reference book on punctuation. - M.: Reference and information Internet portal GRAMOTA.RU. V. V. Svintsov, V. M. Pakhomov, I. V. Filatova. 2010 .

See what “and thus” is in other dictionaries:

Thus- therefore, it follows from here, in this way, so, from which it follows, thus, it became, consequently, this, from which it is clear, from this it follows, in such a manner, in such a way of life, therefore, it turns out, in this manner, in this way, in such a spirit , so it turns out... ... Synonym dictionary

the way I do- adverb, number of synonyms: 4 in my opinion (23) just like me (4) just like me (4) ... Synonym dictionary

in the same way as- sentence, number of synonyms: 1 similar (20) ASIS Dictionary of Synonyms. V.N. Trishin. 2013… Synonym dictionary

Thus- Unism. 1. In this way, so. With verb. nesov. and owls kind of: how? thus receive, achieve, perform, achieve, perform... Hard work, constant improvement of knowledge and skill - only in this way can one achieve success in... ... Educational phraseological dictionary

Introductory expression and adverbial expression 1. Introductory expression. Same as “therefore, means.” Indicates the connection of thoughts, the sequence of their presentation. Identified by punctuation marks, usually commas. Details about punctuation for introductory words... ... Dictionary-reference book on punctuation

Thus- I still see this; in zn. introductory collocation Therefore, so. II in this way see image I; in zn. introductory collocation Anyway; hence. Thus, the meeting was scheduled for the morning. Thus, you refuse our... ... Dictionary of many expressions

Thus- after all, Benjamin acted exactly this way... Spelling difficult adverbs

Thus- adv. qualities circumstances 1. In this way; So. 2. Used as an introductory phrase, emphasizing the meaning of the result, the result of a previous action and the corresponding word: so. Ephraim's explanatory dictionary. T. F. Efremova. 2000... Modern explanatory dictionary of the Russian language by Efremova

Thus- *tsu taipara... Russian-Ingush dictionary

part of a block of shares sold over a period of time in such a way as to avoid a decline in the market price- Can be part of an initial public offering program (placement of a new issue) or a secondary public offering after preliminary registration (shelf registration) ... Financial and investment explanatory dictionary

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Introductory words often raise doubts about whether a comma is needed and where it is placed. This also explains the question of whether a comma is placed in the words “thus” or not. The answer to this question depends on whether these are introductory words or not, as well as on what comes before or after this combination.

“Thus” is separated by commas

On both sides

If this combination is an introductory word, then a comma is needed.

• Early in the morning, therefore, there was no way the suspect could have been in the city center.
• The solution to this issue is therefore beyond my competence.

After the phrase

1. A phrase often begins with the words “thus”, since this introductory word indicates a certain conclusion, the result of what was said before. So the question whether “thus” is highlighted with commas or not at the beginning of a sentence must be answered in the affirmative, although a comma, naturally, is placed only after these words.

• Thus, we have irrefutably proven that these triangles are similar.
• Thus, I can conclude that the new drug has a beneficial effect on the patient’s condition.

2. A comma is placed only after “thus”, but not before it, if this combination is preceded by the conjunction “and” or “a”. That is, a comma, if necessary, is placed before the conjunction, and then after the introductory word.

No comma needed

The words “thus” may not be introductory, but an ordinary circumstance with the meaning “so”, “in this way”. In this case there is no comma.

• He grabbed the rope, began to move along it with both hands, and thus got out of the water.
• A sheet decorated in this way can be used for a congratulatory letter.

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