I jogged once a week (not to lose weight, obviously), so I caught up with him in no time.
Do I need those two commas? Would I be enough if I just wrote:
I jogged once a week (not to lose weight obviously) so I caught up with him in no time.
I jogged once a week (not to lose weight, obviously), so I caught up with him in no time.
Do I need those two commas? Would I be enough if I just wrote:
I jogged once a week (not to lose weight obviously) so I caught up with him in no time.
Comma in "not to lose weight obviously" changes the meaning.
I jogged once a week (not to lose weight, obviously)
Whatever was the purpose of jogging, it's obvious that it wasn't "to lose weight".
I jogged once a week (not to lose weight obviously)
Whatever was the purpose of jogging, it wasn't "to lose weight obviously".
Comma between "I jogged once a week" and "so I caught up with him in no time" is required.
"I jogged once a week" and "I caught up with him in no time" are independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction. The comma is needed.
I jogged once a week, so I caught up with him in no time.
When you insert bracketed statement, the comma doesn't disappear:
I jogged once a week (not to lose weight, obviously), so I caught up with him in no time.