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tanguatlay
 
Reply Mon 12 Oct, 2020 09:06 am
Efforts to establish good governance must be relentless after the rhetoric. And we have heard it all before, the platitudes and promises, the criticisms and complaints. Hence the need to echo the call until there is reform and systemic change in place and with it, a new quality of leadership.

Is a comma after "Hence" needed?

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izzythepush
 
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Reply Mon 12 Oct, 2020 09:11 am
@tanguatlay,
It’s optional, I’d use one, but that’s me.

It situations like this you need to think how it would be spoken, is there a pause after hence, yes or no?

This isn’t spoken English, it’s written English so it’s down to the writer. I would prefer a comma though.
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Reply Mon 12 Oct, 2020 10:21 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

It’s optional, I’d use one, but that’s me.

It situations like this you need to think how it would be spoken, is there a pause after hence, yes or no?

This isn’t spoken English, it’s written English so it’s down to the writer. I would prefer a comma though.

Many thanks!
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