Does Particularly Need a Comma?

Does Particularly Need a Comma?

"Particularly" means "in detail" or "to an unusual degree". It is an adverb, and as such it can be used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb but not nouns. It is not set off by a comma from the rest of the sentence.

How do you use particularly in a sentence?

Particularly sentence example
  1. Nobody is particularly snooty in this world, right? ...
  2. They didn't have to be particularly long. ...
  3. He particularly reverenced the writer and the preacher. ...
  4. He didn't look particularly concerned. ...
  5. I didn't particularly want to but I've always had a tendency to please.

Do you need a comma for that?

A comma before “that” is only necessary when it introduces parenthetical information in the middle or at the end of a sentence. Inserting a parenthetical that-remark is possible regardless of the part of speech it belongs to.

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