Commas

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Commas With the Phrase 'In the context of'

At the beginning of a sentence, add a comma after the expressions in the context of..., within the context of..., etc. to signal that the introductory phrase applies to the sentence as a whole.

Comma After 'In the Short Run' or 'In the Long Run'

At the beginning of a sentence, adding a comma after the prepositional phrases “in the long run”, “in the short run”, “over the long run”, or “over the short run” is often optional.

Comma After 'In the Short/Medium/Long Term'

When using the expressions in the short/medium/long term, over the short/long term, or for the long/short term at the beginning of a sentence, the comma is commonly optional; that is, it can be easily omitted if the sentence is concise or clear.