Do You Use a Comma After Importantly?

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Without a Separate Subject for the Second Verb, You Don't Need a Comma. Remember Not to Put Commas After Conjunctions That Separate Independent Clauses...

Do You Use a Comma After Importantly?

Without a separate subject for the second verb, you don't need a comma. Remember not to put commas after conjunctions that separate independent clauses

independent clauses
An independent clause (or main clause) is a clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate and makes sense by itself.
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(e.g. after the but in the first example above). MOST IMPORTANTLY, do not connect two independent clauses with just a comma!

Do you put a comma after most importantly?

If it was taken out of the list and moved before, it would become "We need to, most importantly, pack underwear.” (commas optional) or "Most importantly, we need to pack underwear." Because “most importantly” is an adverb, it cannot modify 'underwear' and so there is no comma between them.

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1. Most importantly, you must keep a record of everything you do. 2. It is also, most importantly, user-friendly.

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