therefore, there was vs therefore there was

Both "therefore, there was" and "therefore there was" can be correct depending on the context. The use of a comma before "there" in the first phrase is more common in formal writing, while the second phrase without a comma is often used in everyday language.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 1705 views

therefore, there was

This phrase is correct and commonly used in formal writing.

This phrase is used in formal writing to indicate a logical consequence or conclusion. The comma before "there" helps to separate the transitional word "therefore" from the rest of the sentence.

Examples:

The weather forecast predicted rain; therefore, there was a need to bring an umbrella.
The experiment failed; therefore, there was a need to reassess the methodology.

Show examples from the web [+]

There was no proposal and, therefore, there was nothing to overturn.
In the case of these two databases, therefore, there was no automatic system for following up lost animals.
In Germany's view, therefore, there was no aid.
In the final analysis, therefore, there was little new money in it.
Germany estimates that, due to the necessary consultations, the adoption of a Local Public Transport Scheme takes at least 1 year and that, therefore, there was a need to find a transitional instrument.
And therefore, there was a indeed a prisoner's dilemma, which made it very difficult for an individual company, an individual exporting country to say, "We are not going to continue this deadly, disastrous habit of large companies to bribe."
Therefore, there was nothing for me to report.
Therefore, there was no immediate health risk for consumers.
Therefore, there was a reduction in the aid authorised in 1998, in such a way that the total allocation did not increase.
Therefore, there was no point... in questioning why she disappeared so suddenly.
Therefore, there was no possibility for the broadcasters to take the amount of financing into account when submitting their licence applications.
Therefore, there was no reliable way to calculate a potential adjustment and the claim had to be rejected.
(73) Therefore, there was no new information provided at all that could lead to a finding that the imposition of definitive measures would be against the Community interest. Accordingly, the conclusion reached in recital 118 of the provisional Regulation is definitively confirmed.
Therefore, there was no change in the commercial strategy and Fortischem simply uses the assets in the same way as the seller.
Therefore, there was an absolute need for these institutions to raise new capital in order to avoid restrictions on their business expansion and indeed to maintain their current level of activities.
However, this double-counting had not taken place when establishing the figures used for assessing the injury indicators. Therefore, there was no need to modify the injury indicators.
Therefore, there was no need to replace the actual profit by a target profit to determine the normal value on a reasonable basis and recalculate normal value as was claimed by the complainant.
Therefore, there was inadequate assurance that aid was not paid on raw tobacco submitted more than once or on tobacco imported from third countries which does not qualify for aid.
The Commissioner also pointed out that sometimes it was not possible to establish who was responsible for the pollution and, therefore, there was a need for mediation.
It was immediately apparent that the events overtook the action of the Member States, who have decision-making powers to open the airports, and therefore, there was immediate intervention from the European Union.

Alternatives:

hence, there was
thus, there was
consequently, there was
as a result, there was
for that reason, there was