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Should a comma be put after time expressions when they are used at the beginning of a sentence? Is there any particular rule to follow?

Last Sunday(,) all members of the Brown family were at home.

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  • Commas correspond to how something it is. Generally, that phrase would be at the end. If you place it at the beginning, the comma shows a pause where you intonation drops.
    – Lambie
    Commented Nov 23, 2022 at 18:25
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    There would be no pause and no comma before sentences where Last Sunday (or similar) served as the subject. Last Sunday was the most beautiful day of the year.
    – Ronald Sole
    Commented Nov 23, 2022 at 20:29
  • What Ronald Sole said, and to add that when a time expression is used as an adverbial of time, there should probably be a comma after it. Without the natural pause indicated by the comma, it sounds like the speaker is too excited to pause there.
    – gotube ♦
    Commented Nov 23, 2022 at 20:35

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