Do You Use Respectively in a Sentence?

A note on punctuation: the word "respectively" is put at the end of the sentence or phrase it refers to, and it is set off with a comma (or commas if "respectively" occurs in the middle of the sentence). Example: The dog and the cat were named Jack and Sam, respectively, and they lived down the street from me.

Where do you put respectively in a sentence?

If at the end of a sentence, a comma is placed before 'respectively'. The aperture and beam efficiencies were X and Y, respectively. If in the middle of a sentence, 'respectively' is placed between two commas.

How do you use respectively?

'Respectively' is an adverb that is often misused by non-native English speakers. It means “in the order given” and should only be used if your sentence would be unclear without it. Example: Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen detector flows were set at 85, 7, and 4 mL/min, respectively.