How To Use Respectively Comma
The aperture and beam efficiencies were x and y respectively.
How to use respectively comma. If in the middle of a sentence respectively is placed between two commas. The dog and the cat were named jack and sam respectively and they lived down the street from me. The two values were 143 2 and 21 6. I regularly see authors misuse respectively by placing it at the end of sentences that contain only one list. The two values were 143 2 and 21 6 respectively.
The words are called for when the distinction matters or when not including them could cause confusion for example. In this sentence whereas introduces something the fact that only one person in a couple had to work in the past that is in contrast with something in the main clause that now couples both have to work notice that whereas functions grammatically in the same way that although or while would it s preceded by a comma because it introduces a separate dependent clause. 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. So there is a difference between roses are red and violets are blue and roses are red and violets are blue the latter has a slight pause before and. In the same way i would suggest the comma before respectively marks a slight pause.
The od600 values for bacterial growth in the 20 c 25 c 30 c and 37 c groups were 0 5 0 6 0 9 and 0 7 respectively at 2 hours but all cultures reached saturation at 8 hours. Both respective meaning each separately according to its own situation and its adverbial form respectively are often used unnecessarily. If at the end of a sentence a comma is placed before respectively. One can in fact say it either way. The two tubes were labeled b and s respectively.
One use of the comma in english is to indicate a slight pause. The use of respectively here makes it clear that the first gas mentioned goes with the first number the second gas goes with the second number and the third gas with the third number. Adding respectively makes it clear that each student studied one course. The hegelian identity of being and thought is also abandoned and the truth of realism acknowledged an attempt being made to exhibit idealism and realism as respectively incomplete but mutually complementary systems. If respectively comes in the middle of a sentence it should be both preceded and followed by a comma.